In the article, the columnist discusses the possibility of Mark Rutte becoming NATO Secretary General.

According to the author, the head of the alliance will have to take into account the diametrically opposed positions of its various members, including, as he writes, “vegetarian Germans” and Eastern Europe, which calls for war. 

“We ask ourselves, ‘Why sit and wait for Russia to attack us?

Why don't we attack Russia?

— Cooper quotes the words of an Eastern European politician in his material.

Earlier, Emmanuel Macron noted that the possibility of sending troops from Western countries to Ukraine cannot be ruled out.