What Happened
Moscow Seeks to Exploit Divisions Within the Alliance
According to The Debrief, CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent visit to Moscow may have been intended to warn the Kremlin against provocations targeting NATO. Russia’s current situation in Ukraine and its military commitments there suggest that deliberately picking a fight with NATO would be counterintuitive. However, a hybrid attack designed to test NATO’s political resolve and widen the divide between the US and Europe could be a different story. This type of attack would put Washington in an uncomfortable position, potentially deepening political divisions at home and widening the rift between the US and Europe, as reported by The Debrief.