NATO on Thursday marks 75 years since its founding with the Western alliance confronted by the urgent need to do more to help Ukraine win a war currently roiling Europe. Since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine two years ago, a reinvigorated NATO has added Finland and Sweden to its ranks and bolstered its forces in eastern Europe.
French President Emmanuel Macron held confidential conversations with US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in February in a bid to persuade them to change the West's strategy in Russia's war against Ukraine.
A senior US defence department official experienced symptoms similar to Havana syndrome during the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, the Pentagon confirmed on Monday.
The NATO military alliance marks its 75th anniversary on Thursday, reinvigorated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine but menaced by the growing threat from Moscow and the spectre of Donald Trump. The refocus on its old nemesis Moscow has given the alliance a clear sense of purpose after some questioned whether it was still needed at the end of the Cold War.