The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, abbreviated as NATO or NATO, is an international military bloc established by the United States and major developed countries in Western Europe and North America to achieve defense cooperation.

This is a sign of the strategic alliance of the capitalist camp after World War II, an extension and development of the Marshall Plan in the military field, which enabled the United States to control the defense system of the European Union, and a sign that the United States has become the leading position of the world's superpower.

The United States is willing to spend $13 billion, and most of it is not to be repaid, the main purpose is to develop the economy of Western Europe and provide economic support for Europe's resistance to the Soviet Union.

The establishment of NATO to control the military forces of European countries is one of the important conditions for achieving this goal.

Stolko saw Zhou Nan frowning and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhou Nan shook his head and said: "From Churchill's Iron Curtain speech in the United States to the current United States proposing to establish NATO with economic assistance as a condition, the curtain of the Cold War has gradually opened. ”

"Cold War ......," Stolko also groaned. It's not the first time I've heard you say it, do you really think that wars won't break out again? ”

Zhou Nan was taken aback in his heart, the word Cold War is the summary of the past few decades by later generations, and at this time, no one dares to say that the war will not break out again. He has always analyzed it from the perspective of people who have come before, just like in the Anti-Japanese War drama, those soldiers said that the eight-year War of Resistance was as ridiculous.

This is an oversight on his part, and we must pay attention to it in the future.

However, on the surface, he still pretended to be calm and said: "The Cold War is just that I think it is more in line with the relationship between the East and the West than the Iron Curtain, and the Soviet Union will definitely not dare to provoke a war before developing the atomic bomb. Therefore, although small-scale wars will inevitably occur, large-scale wars will never occur again, and neither the East nor the West will be able to withstand the damage and influence brought by the atomic bomb. ”

Stolko pondered for a moment, nodded, and reminded Zhou Nan: "Jonas, in the future, regarding some current affairs and political phenomena that have not yet been qualitated, I personally think that we should not use some qualitative words to narrate. ”

Zhou Nan nodded and said, "I'll pay attention to this in the future, let's continue." ”

Audrey arrived in the diner with a few dishes and shouted, "Jonas, Ludwig, it's time for dinner......

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In the Sennar villa, Zhou Nangang sent off visitors from Germany, which is now completely under the control of the Allies, and does not even have a government, and the delegates to the meeting are some of the original German political figures selected by the Allies, and they have no right to speak at the meeting.

However, the meeting was about assistance to Germany, so the delegates were quite satisfied with the meeting.

After sending them off, Zhou Nan welcomed British Foreign Minister Bevan, who did not discuss the European revival plan with Zhou Nan, but talked about the British Chinese policy in the Malay Peninsula.

Forty percent of the people in Malaysia are Chinese or have Chinese ancestry, and now Malaysia's call for independence is getting louder and louder, but the indigenous people of Malaysia are worried about driving out the British, but letting the Chinese occupy the pinnacle of power, so they have always hoped to form a different country from the Chinese.

This is very difficult to operate, because the entire Malaysian economy is controlled by the Chinese. There is simply not a suitable distribution scheme that satisfies both parties.

More than half of Malaysia's land is in the hands of the Chinese, and 90% of the business is controlled by the Chinese.

Therefore, the independence of Malaysia is much more difficult than that of the East Indies, and it is much more difficult than the partition of India and Pakistan. Until now, the British have not found a suitable way to govern Malaysia.

Zhou Nan knew very well that it was precisely because of this problem that Malaysia finally formed a multi-ethnic government, but with the support of the British, a government was established with a coalition of Bumiputera and Chinese, and only the economy was still controlled by the Chinese.

This seemed like a good solution, but because the Chinese did not control the army, they suffered a series of unfair treatment later on.

The conflict reached its peak at the end of the sixties, when the indigenous people had no choice but to expel some of the Chinese in order to divide the Chinese and reduce their influence, and established a small country with the Chinese as the main body in Singapore.

All other countries were trying to become independent, but Singapore was forced to establish itself with great reluctance on the part of the Chinese.

Later, the May 13 incident caused the political power of the Chinese to gradually shrink.

In fact, this situation is also what Britain does not want to see, because the economic control in the hands of the Chinese can bring them more benefits, and the control in the hands of the indigenous people, the benefits brought to them may not exceed their input.

Therefore, the trend after Malaysia's independence has harmed the interests of the Chinese, harmed the interests of the British, and only fattened the Bumiputeras. But the natives later received support from the United States, and even the British were helpless.

Although the interests of Britain and the United States coincide most of the time, there are many contradictions between them.

The decline of a global hegemon and the birth of a new hegemon cannot be written in a single book.

To give a very simple example, in the war in the early fifties, British Prime Minister Attlee and Foreign Minister Bevan were the side that was staunchly opposed to the United States.

They were also the first of the Western powers to establish diplomatic relations with China, but unfortunately, they couldn't twist their arms around their thighs, and in the end they could only be forced into the chariot by the United States.

Of course, there are also great differences in the United States, for example, Truman finally couldn't bear it anymore and directly resigned MacArthur, the national idol.

The squalor and complexity of politics is difficult to explain in a few simple words, Zhou Nan knows where the differences and contradictions are between Britain and the United States, and what the British demands are.

From the empire on which the sun never sets to the second-rate country it is today, Britain is lost, but they are also realistic. At the end of the nineteenth century, when their economy could no longer give them an advantage in force, they began to implement a pragmatic policy of appeasement.

After the two wars, realizing that their decline was inevitable, they could only choose to stand by the side of the strong. Today, Britain no longer attaches importance to global hegemony, but to economic interests.

But economics and politics are inextricably linked, so the complexity of the situation in Malaysia makes the British feel like they can't start.

Zhou Nan's suggestion is to spend ten years to guide the de facto phenomenon of a dual government in Malaysia, and to provide purposeful guidance to the places where the Wumen and Chinese live from the people.

Today's Malaysia does not have a foundation for independence, nor does it have a basis for division. If it is only brutally divided, it will only lead to a mess in this region, which is more complicated than the partition of India and Pakistan.

The Chinese make up 40 percent of Malaysia's population, and almost every town is mixed with bumiputeras, so it's almost impossible to separate everyone at this time.

Zhou Nan's suggestion may not be useful, but at the very least, it can increase the expectations of Chinese people for future development, and the establishment of an independent country dominated by Chinese is worth looking forward to, even if it sacrifices a little economic interest now.

What's more, it is difficult to expect the indigenous people to do a good job in the economy, and the Chinese in the future can still control their economy, at the very least, it can also affect their economy.

Bevan was a person who admired communism very much, and he was personally greatly influenced by this kind of thinking. He was opposed only to the Soviet model of centralization, to the Soviet policy of ignoring the interests of the people in order to achieve a lofty goal.

The purpose of any form of government and a national policy should be to serve the people, improve their living standards, and be fair and just.

But what the Soviet Union did was to pull out the seedlings and encourage them, so he opposed them.

Like the current Prime Minister Attlee, he is a very respectable politician, not just a mouthful politician like the big-mouthed Qiu.

Britain won the bet because of the help of the United States, otherwise he would have been nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever.

The British were sent away, and the leaders of the countries on the other side of the conference center were almost gone. The convention center was set up and immediately transformed into a large concert hall.

In the straw shed warehouse, Zhou Nan's rehearsal with the Lucerne Orchestra has also entered the final stage.

This time, at the opening ceremony, Zhou Nan will play a live song "Scarborough Bazaar", but his special concert will be an hour long, so in addition to a few old songs, he will also play one or two new tunes.

Zhou Nan chose "Plum Blossom Three Alleys" and "Autumn Thoughts on the Dressing Table", two songs full of oriental charm. Since they are all ancient songs, there is no copyright dispute.

However, since neither the guqin nor the guzheng could find a soundtrack in the West, Zhou Nan had no choice but to settle for the second best thing and arranged the harp to accompany these two pieces.

This fusion of East and West, in the process of rehearsal, there are many problems that need to be solved. Zhou Nan's cooperation with the Lucerne Orchestra has changed from rusty to proficient at the beginning, but if the effect is very good, it is not necessarily possible.

However, the opening of the festival is imminent, and it can only be done for the time being.

On August 1, the festival officially opened at the conference center, with 53 orchestras from 39 countries and nearly 100 world-renowned musicians participating.

The scale of this festival is certainly not comparable to that of the Rose Festival in Weggis, which attracts more than 80,000 people from all over the world to Lucerne on 1 August.

The festival will last for a month, and the cumulative number of visitors to Lucerne will surely exceed one million in this month.

Zhou Nan didn't dare to go out anymore, because on the outskirts of the farm, the rolling hills were already full of music lovers from all over the world.

Lucerne's hotels, hostels and private hostels are already full. Poorer young people can rent a tent for $2 a night and enjoy the lake and mountains of Lucerne.

So, standing on the top of his small hill and looking north, he saw an army of colorful tents.