Our Experts Read Between the Lines of NATO’s Washington Summit Communiqué
This week, NATO leaders released the Washington Summit Declaration, a consensus document outlining where the Alliance stands on key issues. The document lays out a “bridge” to membership and long-term financial commitment for Ukraine but does not offer a specific timeline for formally inviting Kyiv to join the Alliance. What are our experts’ key takeaways from this document?
In Our Experts Read Between the Lines of NATO’s Washington Summit Communiqué, Scowcroft Center experts offer their perspectives on the Washington Summit Declaration. Ambassador Daniel Fried writes that the “decisions the allies took at the Washington Summit and the language on Ukraine in the declaration passed the test of seriousness in time of war.” Ann Marie Dailey argues that the document’s “bureaucratic, stilted language on a ‘bridge’ to NATO for Ukraine belies ongoing disagreement within the Alliance on Ukrainian membership, but the language on Russia underscores a united NATO assessment that Russia is a long-term, strategic threat.” Luka Ignac notes it is “significant that NATO has highlighted the deepening strategic partnership between Russia and the People’s Republic of China.”