If there is no sustained commitment to stay at 2 percent or above, the plans will be hard to implement
Camille Grand comments on the need for a hike in NATO´s defense spending, in the context of its summit in Vilnius
Media mentions – NATO
Puglierin and Shapiro recall the psychodrama to which Berlin’s decision to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to kyiv gave rise
Jeremy Shapiro and Jana Puglierin comment about the EU-US relationship
Many NATO countries will view the outcome of the summit as a test of Turkey’s and Hungary’s commitment to the alliance
Camille Grand comments on the role of Turkey and Hungary in the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius
The ability of the Vilnius summit to deliver or, at the very least, offer significant progress on these four priorities will be a credibility test for the Alliance
Camille Grand explains what are the four priorities for NATO in the context of the summit in Vilnius
NATO’s new vitality belies a larger problem: the West’s failure to convince the rest of the world that it also has a stake in Ukraine’s defense is emblematic of a broader shift
Mark Leonard writes about the challenges addressed to the current global order and the need for the West to recognize the limits of the post-1945 international institutions
In addition, there must be decisions on security guarantees for Ukraine. This would also be an important signal to Russia, because Putin is still counting on the West’s support for Ukraine to wane
In this interview, Marie Dumoulin comments on the war in Ukraine regarding the Wagner mutiny and the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius
In Vilnius, the [NATO] alliance could turn the tables and signal to Russia’s leadership that any Russian shelling of civilian facilities in Ukraine will result in concrete Western responses
Wolfgang Ischinger offers three suggestions on how to sustainably strengthen Ukraine’s security
Defence spending, therefore, needs to be well aligned with the security environment – but how much is enough? Second, defence spending is greatly connected to the debate on burden sharing
Camille Grand writes about the need for the appropriate level of NATO´s defence spending
Bulgaria is among those countries that are ready to support Ukraine’s future NATO membership
France has realized the need for integration and strengthening NATO, while Poles have also realized how important it is to have some form of higher European integration
