Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said on the 12th at the NATO defense ministers' meeting that, with changes in the international power structure, the United States will focus its strategic priorities on homeland security, the Western Hemisphere, and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region, while urging Europe to take primary responsibility for its own conventional defense. He proposed promoting a "NATO 3.0" model, which is closer to the "NATO 1.0" of the Cold War era, centered on realism and burden sharing, rather than the "NATO 2.0" after the Cold War, which focused on "extraregional operations" and the concept of rule-based order. Kahl emphasized that the United States will not abandon its NATO commitments, and will continue to provide extended nuclear deterrence, as well as limited conventional force support. However, Europe should play a leading role in military build-up, readiness levels, defense industry capacity, and logistics support. He pointed out that the target set at the 2025 The Hague Summit to increase core and broad defense spending to 3.5% and 5% of GDP has become a new standard, and the key lies in transforming commitments into actual capabilities.
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