NATO's recent summit focused on maintaining American commitment to collective defense. Donald Trump's unpredictable stance created significant uncertainty for alliance leaders. European nations are increasing defense spending to build independent deterrence capabilities. Russia's military is expected to emerge stronger and more sophisticated after the Ukraine conflict. NATO planners must prepare for potential US troop withdrawals and a changing security landscape.

As the US president swung between threats to take Greenland and promises of help for Ukraine, pledges of a ‘stronger Nato’ were lost in the wind, says Paul Taylor, senior visiting…

Following the NATO summit in Ankara, European media outlets analyze the alliance’s fragile unity, a massive push for European rearmament, and the €140 billion aid pledge to…