EXPERT ANALYSIS: After the Summit, a NATO Worth Celebrating – or Too Weak For the Moment?

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NATO heads of state participate in a Working Session of the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, July 11, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Posted: July 12th, 2024

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – NATO’s summit in Washington proved much more than a 75th-anniversary celebration; it was chock-full of news, some behind-the-scenes controversy and developments that were unprecedented, even for an alliance that has been around since 1949. Military aid and a path to NATO membership for Ukraine dominated the conversations, along with an unusual warning to China and questions about the future of the U.S.-NATO relationship.

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