Der keineswegs als Putinversteher bekannte Ex-NATO-General James Stavridis warnt in der Time, dass Manöver wie die aktuelle Trident-Juncture-Übung der NATO alles andere als risikofrei sind: „As a commander, you sit in a darkened command center 24/7 watching blips on a radar screen representing enemy moves — it becomes very easy to fall into the rhythm of war. The costs are high and the risks are very real. And the chances for miscalculation by one side or the other, resulting in an incident that provokes a real escalation, is significant.“ (jw)