Also, there is this thing called nukes.https://twitter.com/ngrossman81/status/1019407228003110912 …
I'm not claiming NATO is the exclusive factor, but it is an important one. While the Korean, US-Vietnamese, and Soviet-Afghan wars don't meet the definition of great power war, they were much bigger than anything in Europe post-NATO, and smaller than two wars in Europe pre-NATO.
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Thanks for clarifying your claim! Out of curiosity: what’s the causal logic you suppose through which NATO makes Europe peaceful? Because of course there’s a plethora of appealing alternative explanations available...
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Peaceful + free (though I couldn't fit that in original tweet), primarily by deterring USSR and now Russia, but also by creating military-to-military ties up and down the ranks, and changing public perceptions about allies and enemies. The ECSC and EU played a big role too.
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