 And among those reasons are, for example, the rise of the importance of China. What are some others? The rise of China is a big one and the growing economic and strategic importance of Asia more broadly. Asia is a much more dynamic part of the world economy than Europe is now. That was not the case in the early Cold War, where Europe was the big economic prize. But Asia is now much more substantial for that reason. A second problem is that, you know, NATO has been sort of looking for a mission ever since