Bangladesh, Dec. 13 -- Deep political changes appear to be underway in the US. A growing critical stance toward NATO and traditional American foreign policy is emerging – even within the bipartisan political system itself, particularly within the Republican Party. This has led to initiatives that, even if their immediate effects are limited, could ultimately bring significant changes to American international strategy in the long term.

Recently, Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky, introduced a bill to withdraw the US from NATO. Describing the Western military alliance as a “Cold War relic,” he urged his congressional colleagues to support the measure. According to him, the organization costs American ...