West faces 'most potent and enduring danger' as security threatened, says expert

West faces 'most potent and enduring danger' as security threatened, says expertAs the western security infrastructure faces a potentially existential threat from within, an expert has outlined the most 'potent and enduring danger' to its makeupNewsLiam Doyle20:37, 03 Apr 2026View 4 ImagesDonald Trump has declared the US' role in NATO is 'beyond reconsideration'(Image: Getty Images)The UK and the rest of the western world face a "potent and enduring danger" as its security infrastructure comes under one of its greatest tests.‌Donald Trump last week declared that the US' role in NATO was "beyond reconsideration" while complaining the "paper tiger" organisation had not followed his and Israel's unpopular Iran whims.‌The drumbeat of withdrawal, one most MAGA conservatives see as a central tenet of his "America First" agenda, has been growing since before his first term in office.‌But the stance he has taken fails to fully acknowledge the "enduring and most potent" danger living right under its nose, a top analyst has said.READ MORE: Missing US pilot's last hope as they face Iran's sinister bounty messageREAD MORE: Donald Trump 'tearing apart' NATO - but MAGA could create 'NATO 2.0'View 4 ImagesRussia is the most potent threat to the West's security, says expert(Image: Getty Images)Speaking to the Mirror, renowned security and European affairs expert Anthony Glees, a Professor at the University of Buckingham, said other NATO members would need to take stock "of who threatens our national security". Those threats, he added, come from one historic adversary.‌Professor Glees said: "We understand that a defensive alliance needs to have a crystal clear view of who threatens our national security here in Europe."We need to forget our 'big Daddy' top-down concept of defence and realise our focus has to be on a bottom-up...