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Nobody will declare war on their neighbour when they depend on them for food and other essential resources.

The EU addresses resource and cultural motivations.

NATO intimidates countries that already want to take resources from their neighbours.

NATO has its merit as well, but the EU is unarguably one of the main reasons why EU countries have not even begun to think about creating military conflict within member states since the 1950s.




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