This week some 50,000 men and women from 31 countries will conduct an enormous military exercise in and around Norway. Called Trident Juncture 18, it will be one of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s largest exercises since the end of the Cold War. Europe’s roads have seen a procession of military convoys in recent weeks, but few Europeans have noticed the journey of 65 naval vessels, including an aircraft carrier, to Norwegian waters. To its detriment, the West suffers from what is sometimes called “sea blindness”—a...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 21, 2018 18:33 UTC