Lawrence Wilkerson: NATO & the EU are Dead - A New World Emerges

U.S. neoconservatives intentionally weakened Ukraine to make it a sacrificial fulcrum to bring Russia down, driven by corporate defense interests and CIA-led covert operations that violated promises made to Russia.

Bill Clinton, with Israel's help, ousted George H.W. Bush and violated all post-Cold War promises to Russia by expanding NATO to serve defense corporations, sacrificing a potential partnership with Russia.

U.S. intelligence agencies, led by the CIA, run foreign policy through covert operations unknown to most presidents and Congress, motivated by profit and hegemony, and are terrified of China's rise.

The original post-Cold War plan included a European Security Identity, a path for Russia to join European political and military structures, and a new security architecture, all of which were violated by the Clinton administration.

Germany is in big trouble because its leadership won't admit to past mistakes like Nord Stream, but Alice Elizabeth Weidel represents new leadership that will challenge the corporate establishment, unlike Friedrich Merz.

Countries worldwide are rapidly meeting to establish alternative currency regimes, payment systems, and supply chains outside Western control, while the EU deindustrializes and criminalizes diplomacy.

NATO is dead, and the U.S. is shifting to a nuclear-backed Western Hemisphere redoubt strategy that includes dominating South America, though efforts to secure Venezuelan oil will likely fail.

Japan and South Korea are rapidly re-examining their U.S. security ties due to lost trust and economic damage, and may seek security relationships with China and Russia while considering independent nuclear capabilities.

Article 5 requires each NATO member to consult its own constitutional war-declaring processes rather than mandating an automatic collective response, making the assumption of automatic U.S. involvement in a Baltic conflict absurd.

Colin Powell was initially optimistic about Russia but grew frustrated as Clinton's policies dismantled the post-Cold War security architecture, though he felt powerless to stop it from outside government.