Ukraine Invasion Day 505: more bilateral defense agreements during 2nd day of NATO summit

2% of GDP is now a NATO membership floor rather than a ceiling for NATO members. The NATO Summit in Vilnius has been bitter-sweet. It was bitter because it was a missed opportunity for anchoring Ukraine more firmly in the West. The language in the NATO communique barely went further than the promise of eventual membership that alliance made to Ukraine at the 2008 Bucharest Summit. This was a missed opportunity to signal a more robust commitment to Ukraine and its future in the alliance. Ukraine itself recognizes that it...