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President Donald Trump\u2019s 2020 plan to withdraw 12,000 American troops from Germany once again shook the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which had, between 2016 and 2020, been subject to sustained criticism from the leader of its most powerful and essential member. However, amid the uncertainty that Trump\u2019s criticisms have engendered, the Alliance has taken many concrete measures to bolster its security in the face of new threats from Russia. As Anthony Cordesman notes, \u201cNATO is making real progress in spite of the differences between its members, their different interests and security policies, and the many challenges they face\u201d. Amongst these measures are \u201cthe efforts to improve deterrence in the forward area\u201d, most notably the enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) initiative.1<\/a> In early 2014, the security environment in Europe changed dramatically. With Kyiv in chaos after a protest movement took power, Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula in Europe\u2019s first territorial annexation since 1945. Shortly after the Kremlin sought to legitimate this landgrab with a pseudo-democratic referendum, cities in Ukraine\u2019s Donbas region were rocked by protests in which pro-Russian militants stormed government buildings and proclaimed independence from Kyiv. 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\n A. Cordesman, \u201cNATO\u2019s \u2018brain death\u2019 burdensharing blunders: focusing on the right investment, force strength, and readiness needs\u201d, Washington, DC, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2019, p.1.\n<\/div>\n
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\n R. Allison, \u201cRussian \u2018deniable intervention\u2019 in Ukraine: how and why Russia broke the rules\u201d, International Affairs<\/em>, Vol.90, No.6, 2014, pp.1255-1297.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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