Reference the French military withdrawal from NATO in 1966 mentioned above (which lasted decades), I wonder if a repeat might be on the cards…..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-submarine-row
Baptism of fire as Liz Truss heads to US amid submarine row
Peter Ricketts, a former permanent undersecretary at the Foreign Office and former UK ambassador to France, said the fallout from the affair would be extensive.
“This is much more than a diplomatic spat about an arms deal or recalling ambassadors. The French had invested in a strategic security pact with Australia that they described as structural. Australia has now trashed that,” he said…..
He added: “France sees it as a betrayal by the British and the US, who did this secretly with Australia for the last six months. French diplomats have told me that America lied about what they were doing and they will be releasing documents to show that America lied. They are asking themselves, ‘What is the point of being a Nato ally if this is how the US behaves?’”
“You will remember about 18 months ago, Emmanuel Macron described Nato as ‘brain dead’ and this will confirm that view. This has caused a huge rift down the middle of Nato.”
The former ambassador predicted France would now be looking to allies closer to home to beef up European security and would “pull the shutters down on Nato”.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...is-losing-nato
Biden is losing Nato