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July 6, 2024

Threats from Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping will be a focus of upcoming NATO summit

But an open letter on Wednesday, 60 foreign policy experts warned against advancing Ukraine’s membership.

“If Ukraine were to join Nato, Russia would have reason to doubt the credibility of Nato’s security guarantee – and would gain an opportunity to test and potentially rupture the alliance,” it said, adding that the “result could be a direct Nato-Russia war or the unravelling of Nato itself”.

Goldstein of Defence Priorities noted that most countries that have reached the 2 per cent threshold were geographically close to Russia – such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – or “usual suspects” like Poland but that many others were “very reluctant”.

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