| February 27, 2023
RATO and NATO
Let’s engage in some imagining. Let’s imagine that Russia and China form a new organization, called the Russia Asia Treaty Organization, or RATO. One day they invite Nicaragua, Venezuela, Chile, Guatemala, and Mexico to become members. All of them agree. The U.S. government objects. “What is the purpose of extending RATO to our part of the world?” U.S. officials angrily ask. |
