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LMC 2024: Let Us Not Despair, But Act

75 Years of NATO: What to Celebrate in Washington This Summer?

The next NATO Summit will take place in Washington on July 9-11. It will be an important moment to look at how well NATO has managed to link capability planning with operational planning. At the same time there is one key unanswered question from Vilnius, namely, how to proceed with Ukraine’s application to join NATO? Has NATO managed to implement the decisions of Madrid and Vilnius? How has NATO fared in light of the war in Ukraine?

Speakers

Hanno Pevkur

Minister of Defence of Estonia

Pierre Vimont

Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe

Johann David Wadephul

Member of Bundestag, Deputy Chairman for Foreign Affairs and Defence Policy, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group at the Council of Europe

Celeste Wallander

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy

Moderator

Kimberly Dozier

Global Affairs Analyst at CNN