Paula J. Dobriansky and Paul J. Saunders: How to make NATO great again - Sun, 01 Mar 2026 PST

At January’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the collapse of the rules-based order. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz likewise declared at February’s Munich Security Conference that the rules-based “order, imperfect as it was even at the best of times, no longer exists.” Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who led the American delegation in Munich, was more forward-looking, announcing a “new era in geopolitics” ahead of the trip and outlining a vision for a NATO that retains what works while adapting to new realities.