The NATO summit held in Warsaw July 8-9 was marked by high-level meetings and solemn declarations, sprinkled with a dose of pomp and circumstance. There was substance, too: NATO leaders took important, albeit small, steps to send a message to Vladimir Putin that the alliance is united in its determination to defend all of its members should he ever decide to cross the line. The decision to enhance NATO’s forward presence through persistent rotations of four multinational battalions deployed in the three Baltic States and Poland, a U.S. armored brigade in Europe, and additional NATO assistance to Romania will bolster …read more
Source: The American Interest
