What next for Nato – the inside account of its fight to survive

Now, the tempest is beginning to abate. The contours of a new transatlantic axis — wobblier, more mistrustful and more disjointed than before, but still recognisably an axis — are becoming clear. Over the past three weeks, The Times has spoken to more than a dozen officials, military officers, diplomats and government advisers from both ends of the divide to gauge the future of Nato and the US-Europe relationship. These sources were granted anonymity so that they could speak as plainly as possible. What does the future hold for Nato? On the face of it, the short-term horizon looks bleak….