Deterring Russia becomes NATO's main effort as US scales back in Europe

NATO is weighing its biggest overhaul of military planning in at least two decades, and the question at its centre is simple: should the alliance prepare to fight Russia in Europe, or to fight Russia in Europe and also run crises elsewhere? According to a Politico report, the 32 members have begun negotiations on new military capability requirements, which set the troops, weapons and funding countries must make available in a conflict.Under a draft planning document, members may no longer have to keep enough forces to fight a major war in Europe and, at the same time, carry out smaller crisis-management operations outside NATO territory. They could instead be asked to prepare for one scenario or the other. That would end a planning requirement in place for at least 20 years.