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Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham

At June’s Nato summit, just keeping Donald Trump in the room will be seen as a victory

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When Nato leaders meet for their annual summit in The Hague on Wednesday June 25, all eyes will be on Donald Trump. Not only is the 47th president of the United States less committed to the alliance than any of his predecessors in Nato’s 76-year history. But he has also just emerged from involvement in Israel’s seemingly brief war with Iran and seems to have given up his efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

Leaders of Nato’s 32 member states should therefore have had a packed agenda. Although there are several meetings and a dinner planned for June 24, the actual summit – which has tended usually to stretch out over several days – has been reduced to a single session and a single agenda item. All of this has been done to accommodate the US president.

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