A 10-year bilateral security deal between the Biden administration and Ukraine was recently signed, causing the United States and the West to enter a surrogate conflict with Russia.
In a speech released by the White House, President Joe Biden said that “Ukraine’s prospect is in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”, reaffirming the government’s desire to “expand their defense and security participation” and even their” trade and investment relationships”.
Biden’s emphasis on joining NATO by Ukraine is deeply troubling on a number of fronts, not the least of which is that Russia views its accession as a risk that could lead to nuclear war.
This is not exaggeration.
While progressive critics claim that Ukraine is an impartial state that can freely enter any social or security arrangement, this disregards both reality and history: the threat of nuclear war broke out after the Soviet Union directly posed a threat to America’s sphere of influence.
NATO’s Function
In this environment, NATO proved its worth by countering the Soviet Union and its defense alliance, the Warsaw Pact. The West saw an opportunity to exploit a seriously weakened Russia through rise after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the Warsaw Pact disintegrated.
In truth, NATO’s expansion east, which doubled from 16 to 32 associate states after the Soviet Union’s purported major founding, makes it abundantly clear that NATO then functions more as a means of upholding American hegemony and extending its influence physically, financially, and culturally over Europe and the world as a whole.
International treaty-based organizations like NATO and the European Union consciously undermine national interests in order to foster and sustain a democratic farming. The U.S. government, which secures existing business roads while expanding into new markets, is primarily responsible for ensuring these new cultural and economic behemoths.
In consequence, America significantly contributes to the security of Western economies through its safe umbrella. In exchange, this overcoat allows the U. S. to improve its own security interests, financial provisions, and foreign policy objectives, which many Western countries feel compelled to support.
The White House’s stated need to develop their” trade and investment relations” with Ukraine comes into focus in this area.
Energy Supply via Ukraine
Mike Benz, chairman of the Foundation For Freedom Online, recently spoke with political commentator Dan Bongino about the relationships between the U. S. knowledge area, the oil and gas industry, and Hunter Biden’s engagement with Burisma in Ukraine. This conversation demonstrates how the United States uses relationships like NATO to impose control over Europe and defeat adversaries like Russia.
Russia has previously provided all of Europe’s natural oil, which mostly flows through Ukraine, making the nation a significant transit level because of its considerable gas facilities.
And the most important thing is this already present system. Benz explained:
If you can just reprogram the oil so that it no longer comes from Russia, it no longer comes from Ukraine’s East, but it comes from Ukraine’s West, for instance, by piping in U. S. LNG or British LNG up through Poland, through the Baltic Sea, and therefore connecting it immediately to Ukraine, you have the same gas infrastructure. You do n’t need to build a whole new web of energy infrastructure, which is very expensive to build and maintain. You just divert it, and you now have essentially a trillion-dollar industry that is controlled by the West rather than the East.
Naftogaz, the country’s largest federal oil and gas company, has spoken with Washington and British energy firms like Exxon Mobil and Halliburton about investing in Ukraine. Ukraine could be a natural gas powerhouse thanks to U.S. energy assistance and subsequent NATO membership, which would also aid in boosting its account in the European Union.
However, that’s not the only place to make cash. Of the$ 175 billion appropriated by Congress to date related to the conflict in Ukraine, billion are destined to be invested within the United States, which is set to “revitalize” the U. S. defence industrial base.
The expansion of NATO membership also opens up new markets for U.S. defense contractors, largely as a result of its focus on interoperability and standardization, where member states are frequently required to purchase and rely on U.S.-designed weapons and military doctrine.
As always, war is good for company, and the untapped market for postwar restoration is even more enticing.
Finally, NATO’s activities, spearheaded by the United States, contradict its claimed responsibility to “freedom” and “democracy”, revealing a deeper mission driven by economic and corporate interests. This strategy not only keeps the conflict in Ukraine, but it also undermines the energy independence of its members, turning them into vassal states within an American-led order.
The need for a reassessment of NATO’s expansion-related impact on global stability grows more urgent as the world grapples with the repercussions of this aggressive posture.
