Brookings 海牙北约峰会上的期待

2025/6/20 11:34What to expect at the NATO summit in The Haguehttps:/www.brookings.edu/articles/what-to-expect-at-the-nato-summit-in-the-hague/1/6NATO heads of state and government will meet at their upcoming summit onJune 24?25 in The Hague,at a time when they face complex externalchallenges to their security and hold seemingly irreconcilable views on how torespond to and deter critical threats.Due to a lack of consensus on centralissues and the fear that U.S.President Donald Trump could blow up a normal-lengthmeeting,the summit agenda and published declaration are being kept extremely short.Setting a new target for allied defense spending will be the primary discussion item.Ifproceedings conclude without public disputes between allied leaders,and countriesadopt the new defense spending goals,the summit in The Hague may present anopportunity for the alliance to demonstrate a credible commitment to collectivesecurity in an era of shifting balances of power and geopolitical uncertainty.Nevertheless,Trumps ambivalence toward NATO and Americas allies will loom overthe aftermath of even an uneventful summit.Key issues at recent summitsSince Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Febr