Putin Haunts NATO Summit as Leaders See Threat on All Fronts
- Alliance confronts instability to east and south of Europe
- Nations pledge unity as they send troops nearer to Russia
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NATO leaders pledged to bolster Europe’s defenses in the face of what they called an “arc of insecurity and instability” from Moscow to North Africa.
Heads of the alliance’s 28 countries meeting in Warsaw asserted their determination to remain united in tackling challenges from an aggressive Russia under President Vladimir Putin and Islamic State terrorism. With President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron soon to be out of office and elections next year in France and Germany, the world’s uncertain future was a dominant theme of the two-day summit.