Founded in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was the most representative military group in the West in the 20th century, which for the first time accomplished the goal of a unified strategic alliance between Europe and the United States and engaged in a confrontation with the Soviet camp for nearly half a century, according to the Russian Satellite News Agency. The treaty-signing organization, which had only 12 countries at the beginning of its establishment, has undergone many eastward expansions and now has 30 member states, especially after the fall of the rival Warsaw Pact organization, it has expanded more brazenly in the name of security, becoming the largest joint military force in the world.
Russian media believe that the root cause of the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is nato's five rounds of eastward expansion after the end of the Cold War, as well as the co-optation of Ukraine and military activities on the mainland, which seriously threatens Russia's national security, so Putin decided to take "de-militarization" actions against Ukraine to restore its neutral status. NATO's refusal to recognize their "no expansion" commitment after the end of the Cold War, believing that it is the "freedom" of the organization to absorb any country, eventually developed into an irreconcilable contradiction. It is worth noting that after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, NATO is the party that advocates the most radical sanctions against Russia, trying to weaken Russia to the greatest extent.
On April 5, as the third round of sanctions against Russia was about to be introduced, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg suddenly turned the finger to China. At a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, he made a big fuss about "harshly accusing" China of not condemning and sanctioning Russia so far, and also standing with Russia "against the right of other countries to choose their own path." After much groundwork, Stoltenberg said China had challenged NATO's security and democratic system, so their new strategy would "consider China's influence for the first time."
The meeting was clearly ready for China, as NATO invited Asia-Pacific countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea to attend. Stoltenberg finally said it intends to strengthen strategic cooperation with Asia-Pacific partners and jointly launch a "counterattack operation" against China. After the meeting, the on-site media reported that this is also the first time since the establishment of NATO to name the topic of "China's influence", and their actions and goals have become closer and closer to Asia. In fact, the secretary-general's unfriendly attitude toward China has already been demonstrated, and at the NATO multinational summit held last month, Stoltenberg slandered China as "using fake news politics to support Russia" and repeatedly pressured China to take condemnation measures against Russia.
It is also worth mentioning that after the meeting, some analysts believe that NATO has since begun to carry out actual "southward expansion" operations, and Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea have become their next targets, which is not only imaginary. And under the pretext of "Russia's threat to Europe", China will become the next hype topic of the organization, in order to directly coerce and co-opt these Asia-Pacific countries, and in line with the goals of the US "Asia-Pacific Strategy". Another view is that don't be fooled by the name of the North Atlantic Treaty, the organization has now gone far beyond the North Atlantic, and may only need a simple name change procedure to expand its power into Asia in a "justified" way.