LOOK BACK ON THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT


Atlantic Council at the NATO Summit in Washington

Live commentary, authoritative analysis, and high-level events covering NATO’s Washington summit, courtesy of our experts.

Essays on the Alliance’s future

NATO’s seventy-fifth anniversary is a milestone in a remarkable story of reinvention, adaptation, and unity. However, as the Alliance seeks to secure its future for the next seventy-five years, it faces revanchist old rivals, escalating strategic competition, and uncertainties over the future of the rules-based international order. 

With partners and allies turning attention from celebrations to challenges, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative invited contributors to engage with the most pressing concerns ahead of the historic Washington summit and chart a path for the Alliance’s future. This series features seven essays focused on concrete issues that NATO must address at the Washington summit and five essays that examine longer-term challenges the Alliance must confront to ensure transatlantic security. 

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The Transatlantic Security Initiative, in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, shapes and influences the debate on the greatest security challenges facing the North Atlantic Alliance and its key partners.

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In the News

Apr 14, 2017

Benitez in the Hill: Trump’s Tone on NATO Has Changed, but He Still Puts ‘America First’

By Jorge Benitez

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In the News

Apr 13, 2017

Nordenman in Defense One: In Lithuania, NATO Troops Set Up Near a Potentially Hostile Border

By Magnus Nordenman

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In the News

Apr 13, 2017

Benitez Quoted by CNN on President Trump and NATO

By Jorge Benitez

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In the News

Apr 13, 2017

Castello-Catchot Joins Voice of America to Discuss Trump’s Position on NATO

By Carles Castelló-Catchot

Watch the full interview here.

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Apr 13, 2017

Trump: NATO is Not Obsolete, but Allies Must Still ‘Pay What They Owe’

By Donald Trump, White House

In facing our common challenges, we must also ensure that NATO members meet their financial obligations and pay what they owe.

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Apr 13, 2017

Can NATO Meet Trump’s Expectations on Defense Spending?

By Ryan Browne, CNN

President Donald Trump emphatically embraced NATO Wednesday in a reversal of his campaign trail rhetoric lambasting the organization.

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In the News

Apr 12, 2017

Nordenman Quoted by Defense One on President Trump and NATO Defense Spending

By Magnus Nordenman

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Apr 11, 2017

NATO and EU Members Join Finland’s New Center for Countering Hybrid Threats

By By Reuters, European External Action Service, and NATO

From Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell, Reuters:  Several European Union and NATO member nations on Tuesday signed up to establish a center in Helsinki to research how to tackle tactics such as cyberattacks, propaganda and disinformation….

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In the News

Apr 11, 2017

Nordenman Quoted by US News on a Renewal of US Commitment to NATO

By Magnus Nordenman

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Apr 10, 2017

Purged from Turkish Army, NATO Officers Granted Asylum in Norway

By Mark Lewis, Associated Press

Norway and Turkey — NATO’s northern and southern frontiers in Europe — have been pillars of the Western military alliance for more than 60 years. But the diplomatic temperature between the two has fallen steadily

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