Leaders of 32 nations converge on Washington in three weeks, facing questions on NATO’s future and potentially massive demonstrations.
President Biden met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday afternoon as the two leaders prepared for next month’s potentially rocky, which will bring dozens of heads of state — and potentially thousands of protesters — to the nation’s capital.
At the upcoming summit, participants will celebrate NATO’s 75-year history and its decades-long successes in serving as a bulwark against the Soviet Union and now Russia. Last month, Biden signed off on letting Ukrainian commanders use U.S.-provided weaponry against limited military targets inside Russia, authorizing them to hit back against Russian forces that are attacking Ukrainian soldiers, or preparing to attack them, in and around the city of Kharkiv, near the border in northeast Ukraine.
Biden has also taken a number of actions to reaffirm U.S. support of Ukraine. Vice President Harris and national security adviser Jake Sullivan traveled to Switzerland last week for a Ukraine peace summit, where Harris announced more than $1.5 billion in aid for Ukraine’s energy sector and humanitarian efforts.The United States also widened its sanctions against Russia last week to include Chinese defense companies that help Russia pursue its war against Ukraine.
Whatever debates unfold inside the high-level meeting are likely to be matched by vociferous protests outside. International gatherings such as the NATO summit are often a magnet for demonstrators who want to express their dissatisfaction with the president’s policies, and that has become even more true in recent months.Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Biden has stressed that his commitment to the country is ironclad, even as the number of civilians casualties have mounted.
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