NATO Summit in Vilnius: breakthroughs and unfulfilled hopes
NATO Summit in Vilnius: breakthroughs and unfulfilled hopes

Author(s): Jakub Graca, Justyna Gotkowska, Marek Menkiszak, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Tadeusz Iwański
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Political behavior, Comparative politics, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
Keywords: NATO Summit in Vilnius; Regional Defence Policy; Ukraine; Russia; China;
Summary/Abstract: The main topics of the NATO Vilnius Summit held on 11–12 July were deterrence and defense, Ukraine’s future membership of NATO, and deepening relations with partners in the Indo-Pacific. The Alliance is partly returning to the defense planning processes and structures that were in place during the Cold War, but which NATO abandoned in the 1990s. The adoption of three regional defense plans constitutes a structural change in NATO’s approach to collective defense, but will require implementation and funding in the years to come.

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