NATO goes far beyond its area into Asia-Pacific: scholar

STORY: NATO goes far beyond its area into Asia-Pacific: scholar DATELINE: July 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of NATO related footage 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GILBERT ACHCAR, Professor of School of Oriental and African Studies at University of London 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GILBERT ACHCAR, Professor of School of Oriental and African Studies at University of London STORYLINE: The 2022 Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) wrapped up in Madrid on Thursday amid mounting criticisms of the military alliance's increasingly aggressive and destabilizing security policies unveiled at the meeting. In an explicit move to meddle in the regional affairs of the Asia-Pacific, NATO invited the leaders of Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand to attend its summit for the first time. Gilbert Achcar, a scholar from the University of London, has told Xinhua recently that NATO's new strategic concept shows the alliance is "going far bey