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NATO leaders meet this week for a summit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the military alliance, which has never been larger and more focused

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NATO Summit Explainer
FILE - From left, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, President Joe Biden, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose during a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 12, 2023. U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts are meeting in Washington this week to mark the 75th anniversary of the world's biggest security organization just as Russia presses its advantage on the battlefield in Ukraine.
NATO Summit Trump Proofing
FILE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with President Joe Biden during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 12, 2023. NATO allies are gathering in Washington for a summit this week, and the prospect that former President Donald Trump, the military alliance's most prominent critic, may return to power is dominating discussions. Biden's shaky performance in the presidential debate last month escalated doubts about his reelection. It's given rise to the term "Trump-proofing" or "future-proofing" NATO, making the alliance more self-sufficient.
NATO Summit Explainer
FILE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, greets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during arrivals for a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, June 14, 2021. The United States is the most powerful member of NATO. It spends much more on defense than any other ally and far outweighs its partners in terms of military muscle. NATO's day-to-day work is led by its secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg, until he is replaced on Oct. 1, 2024 by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
NATO Summit Explainer
FILE - Belgium's Premier and Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, seated center, tests a new pen before signing the North Atlantic Pact in Washington, DC, April 4, 1949, flanked by Belgium's Ambassador to the U.S., Baron Silvercruys, left, and John W. Foley of the U.S. State Department. Seated behind, from left, are Britain's Ernest Bevin, Norway's Halvard Lange, Luxembourg's Joseph Bech, Iceland's Bjarni Benediktsson, Denmark's Gustav Rasmussen, U.S. President Harry S. Truman, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Canada's Lester Pearson, France's Robert Schuman, Italy's Count Carlo Spforza, Holland's Dirk Stikker and Portugal's Jose Caeiro Da Matta. Founded in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed by 12 nations to counter the threat to European security posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO leaders meet this week for a summit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the military alliance, which has never been larger and more focused but is also facing potentially existential threats from outside and within.

If Russia’s war in Ukraine, challenges posed by an increasingly aggressive China, and the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza weren’t enough, some key members' commitment to defend their allies is coming under question.

There is deep uncertainty over President Joe Biden’s ability to beat his predecessor, NATO skeptic Donald Trump, in November to lead the most powerful member of the alliance.

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