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At the core of that is the defence guarantee.
That means a single foreign policy decided by majority vote, and a mutual defence guarantee.
Many countries have been clamouring to win the coveted one-for-all-and-all-for-one defence guarantee.
Although the attraction of NATO's defence guarantee is obvious, after decades of communist misrule what embattled citizens want most of all is economic security.
It would also stretch the defence guarantee to snapping point and put the necessary ratification of new members by national parliaments in jeopardy for all.
But we don't leave Nato because it is in our national interest to stay and benefit from its collective defence guarantee.
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This disappointment is arguably bigger than fears that Nato defence guarantees might evaporate overnight.
Yet rarely, if ever, has any set of countries been so integrated economically with one country, China, while seeking defence guarantees from another, America.
NATO needs to reassure all its members, including places like Estonia and Latvia with large Russian minorities, that they are protected by the alliance's mutual defence guarantees.
The victory of Donald Trump shatters the notion that the US can be counted on by its allies not just for defence guarantees and economic cooperation, but even as a defender of liberal democracy, rather than a threat to it.
Further tries for George North and the influential Jamie Roberts against a tiring defence guaranteed a record number of points by a Lions Test team, no small achievement even for non-playing stalwarts such as Paul O'Connell, Brian O'Driscoll and the injured tour captain Sam Warburton.
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