As the war drums beat, Nato’s leaders have one big problem

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With global tensions inexorably on the rise, Keir Starmer and his Nato allies are caught in a quandary – but the chances of war raises an existential risk for us all, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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he relentless beat of war drums within Nato gets louder by the day. Mark Rutte, the alliance’s secretary general, added to the noise by saying “we have to go further and faster” to expand Europe’s war machine.

As the war drums beat, Nato’s leaders have one big problem

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