The leaders of the NATO countries met in The Hague for their annual summit. In view of the latent Russian threat, they agreed on a drastic increase in collective defense spending. But it was also about satisfying the unpredictable man in the White House. Does this solve all the problems now?
For decades, Europe has been the most loyal ally of the United States. That’s what most political and military leaders on both sides of the Atlantic understood Europe’s role on the world stage to be.