Three Big Questions for the 2025 NATO Summit (Emma Ashford, Nevada Joan Lee – Stimson Center)

In late June, US President Donald Trump will head to the Netherlands for the 2025 NATO summit, an affair which typically gives European, Canadian, and American leaders an opportunity to hobnob and issue strongly worded statements about issues of concern. But this summit could well indicate in which direction the Trump administration wants to steer the transatlantic relationship. This administration’s Europe strategy has thus far been characterized by shock and awe. Will that continue? How will Trump’s transactional foreign policy play out in the meeting of the world’s largest military alliance?

Three Big Questions for the 2025 NATO Summit • Stimson Center