The Trump administration is excluding several major NATO allies — including the UK, France and the Baltic states — from a Pentagon-led working group on the alliance’s future.

The smaller “Bergen Group” currently includes the U.S., Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands. Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby says it is meant to develop ideas that can later strengthen the wider alliance.

Excluded allies, including some of NATO’s biggest defense spenders, say the criteria are unclear and fear Washington is dividing members into favored and unfavored groups.

Denmark could also be invited following its agreement with the U.S. to expand the American military presence in Greenland.

Source: POLITICO