How NATO Weakens the West

Krauss calls the North Atlantic Treaty Orgnaization a "lopsided partnership" and believes that continued European dependence on American protection and weapons is "absurd." The main thrust of his argument is that the removal of U.S. troops and subsidies would increase, not decrease, European, Japanese and South Korean efforts in their own defense (and save the U.S. billions of dollars).

Melvyn Krauss is the William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also emeritus professor of economics at New York University. He is an expert on international economics and economic development.