NATO must strengthen its ties with the Gulf

NATO and Gulf diplomats attend a gathering of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative meeting in Kuwait on December 16, 2019. (AFP)

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NATO leaders gathered in Ankara, Turkiye, on Tuesday and Wednesday for a major summit. In the run-up to the gathering, it was clear what the No. 1 issue on the agenda would be: burden sharing. US President Donald Trump has been pressuring European allies to invest more in defense and develop concrete plans to reach new spending targets. In this sense, the outcome of the summit was a success.