Over six months into Donald Trump’s return to power, NATO is changing—fast. At the summit that concluded last month in The Hague, allies agreed to raise defence spending to a historic 5% of GDP, with military aid to Ukraine now counting toward the tally.
But behind this show of unity lie deep questions: Is Trump reshaping NATO into a more capable alliance—or hollowing out its core values?
Are Europe’s security priorities now more about survival or sovereignty? And what does all this mean for India’s strategic calculus in a world where old alliances are being tested?
In this week’s Defence Mantra, we unpack all this, Editor-in-Chief with Nitin A Gokhale.
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