Media mentions – NATO
Mark Rutte is known for having been able to both engage in dialogue with the US president and stand his ground when necessary
Camille Grand analyses the possible interlocution between NATO and Trump if he wins the US election
His strength lies in embodying NATO’s point of balance: he is pro-Ukrainian without being perceived as anti-Russian, he comes from a country with an Atlanticist tradition that was also an EU founder
The idea is to deploy ground and air assets from NATO allies, so, for instance, Patriot systems, or F-16 [fighter jets] to Poland, Slovakia, and Romania on their side of the border with Ukraine
The government’s promised increase in the defence budget from 2.3 per cent to 2.5 per cent of GDP will hardly scratch the surface of all the new requirements
Nick Witney analyses the discrepancy between the UK’s high defence spending and the lack of preparedness of its armed forces