European NATO vs Non-NATO? Economic Gains Justify Action Beyond Defence

Abstract

Fiona Stewart Vidler MBA MSc MLIBF

Exploratory findings show a contentious spill-over mitigation positive economic effect of NATO beyond defence that benefits business trading for firms, visible in less financial constraint, less bribery incidence, increased FDI, increased productivity outcomes and increased GDP/capita. A comparison of NATO and non-NATO, 10,000 entrepreneurial SME firms in manufacturing diversity across 27 European states in crisis turbulence, where conceptually “alliance power” with geopolitics in Eastern Europe, Eastern Frontier and Ukraine emerged from hidden shadows with Zeit Wende 24022022 and ended ‘global peace.’ Re-armament defence of Europe itself means no diplomatic platitudes can regain security ‘reality trust’ with contentment peace in ongoing alert status. A competitive co-operative business financial development is imperative now for sustainable survival. Why European NATO control or a peacekeeping force (leading Ukraine manufacturing tech, France and Canada) has merits with US like WWI, WWII, and WWIII realistically fears being backstop in exchange for US airbases hosted in Europe?

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