Unity, unity, unity…Is it effective for NATO? |Global Agora

What should be the main message of the NATO summit on how the alliance was in the Donald Trump era, the ongoing Russian war and a very complex global security environment? Read some comments. If you like my work, please support me on KO-FI! Thanks.

Karsten Friis,,,,, Professor of Research Group, Research Group, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

As always, the main message at these summits was transatlantic unification. But as Trump disagrees on a range of topics on most European allies, the decision was not a communiqué, but a brief statement.

The point will be the defence investment commitment, with allies agreeing to use 5% of GDP for national defense, with 3,5% of people going to use hard military work, and 1.5% of the support system will receive 1,5% of aid.

This is the demand of the United States and Europeans will accept it, hoping that it can “let the United States” explain Lord Ismail.

Then, we will focus on the defense industry and of course Ukraine. But the latter is complicated given Trump’s obvious failure to distinguish his victims from the aggressors in the war. Interestingly, seeing in the final text what the Ukrainian language will be. The G7 Finance Secretary did agree to a very powerful language last week, but the state leaders did not.

Regardless of the outcome of the summit, Europe will need to quickly start filling the gap that the United States will leave as it withdraws from Europe. I don’t think there will be an exit, but a sharp drop.

Then, political leadership is needed in Europe, and E3 Plus Senior REP Kallas seems to be related to Ukraine and the Middle East. We will see how successful they are. Pass 18^Th The sanctions package is another test.

In any case, there is a bumpy road ahead!

Iulia-Sabina Joja,,,,, Senior Fellow of the MEI Black Sea Program, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and George Washington University

First, given Washington’s reluctance to the alliance and the importance and importance and value of allies, it would be very welcome to reaffirm the political commitment to Article 5 with all heart. In addition to this, to ensure the alliance’s credibility in the long term, NATO needs a plan and timetable to integrate Ukraine and develop a strategy that includes Russia.

Gianluca Pastori,,,,, Associate Professor, Catholic University of Milan

The upcoming NATO summit is surrounded by great uncertainty. Apart from the commitment to increase the member’s defense budget well above the current 2% threshold (“5% target”), and – the possible resubmit of the alliance’s concerns about China, I’m not sure if this will lead to any relevant decisions. On all other issues, the U.S.-European split is too wide and Donald Trump has no interest in bridging the gap. The United States is not very focused on the summit, and although other allies try to shape the debate (especially in Ukraine), I don’t think they can push their agenda.

Regarding global issues (such as the situation in the Middle East), there is no shared vision even among European countries. At the same time, the league cannot show a lack of solidarity. The same goes for Secretary General Rutte, who presided over his first summit and played at home in Hague. For these reasons, I think the result will be a carefully crafted final statement, but limited to all major issues, with little political material. This may not be that important, especially in the current security environment, but ending a summit without major drama may be the best result for NATO today.

Garrett Martin,,,,, Advanced Professor of the Center for Transatlantic Policy, Co-director of the American University School of International Services

Given the very complex global security environment, the Hague Summit should be a key opportunity for the NATO communiqué, double the importance of transatlantic cohesion to demonstrate significant and long-term investment in defense capabilities and warns key competitors like China and Russia that the alliance will not be suppressed or intimidated. However, I suspect that only one of these three messages will actually be implemented. New Secretary-General Mark Rutte will most intentionally ensure that the summit is free from any major public disputes, as Trump had happened in 2018, so the lawsuit may be entirely intended to relax the volatile U.S. president of the United States.

The new spending commitment will place great emphasis on the 5% new spending commitment to show that European partners are taking on the share of the burden; to retain the appearance, all major regional conflicts that lack consensus on all transatlantic consensus will be underlined or ignored. Likewise, we can doubt that we will water or ignore Russia’s support in the war, or condemn Russia’s actions in the war. After all, reports show that the G7 was unable to reach consensus on the Ukrainian war statement due to the U.S. resistance, and reminded NATO that it had canceled its early plans to develop a new Russian strategy. Therefore, NATO’s plan is to focus only on one topic he cares about, namely burden sharing. This limited ambition may prevent public quarrels, but it will hardly help to deal with the complex global security environment facing the West.

Paal Hilde,,,,, Professor, Norwegian Institute of Defense

Unity has always been an important message that allies want to send at the NATO summit. Despite sometimes serious differences, allies prove time and time again that they can negotiate and reach a compromise. While these compromises may sometimes be vague and unsustainable, they allow the required solidarity.

The core goals of the HAAG summit from June 24 to 25 may also be the unified core goals. Just like President Donald Trump’s first term, the Allies chose a short summit,

There was only one meeting of the heads of state and government. If the first semester is to be followed, the summit statement will also be short. The purpose of maintaining the meeting and statements is to limit President Trump’s must decide and say things that are betrayal and disunity. This summit and NATO in the coming years will be basically about Trump, and it is necessary to show that the coalition remains as unified as ever despite the president’s clear concerns.

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