Nato sets out its strategy for even more military build-up

Nato sees Russia as a threat to US power—and has poured arms and soldiers into eastern Europe accordingly. That's not the latest statement from the Stop the War Coalition —but the picture Nato paints itself in its annual report released on Thursday. The report gives an outline of what the US's military alliance got up to in 2021 and spells out its aims for the years ahead. It all comes packaged in the language of "cooperation" and "security." But once you strip out the guff, what the report really says is Nato's biggest concern is containing Russia and China. In…