Ben Hodges co-authors a new report that explores how Russia might engineer a military crisis on the Poland-Lithuania border.

The era when the Continent could subcontract its security to Washington has long passed.

President Trump will attend a summit of North Atlantic Treaty Organization national leaders this week, and the stakes are unusually high for everyone. He plans to meet Vladimir Putin shortly afterward, and Mr. Trump will be at a disadvantage if he doesn’t set the right tone in Brussels.

The allies are looking with dread to this week’s summit as President Trump continues his campaign to undermine a decades-old partnership.

The NDCF is a unique think-tank: international by design and based in Rome, due to its association with the NATO Defense College. Its added value lies in the objectives stated by its charter and in its international network.
The charter specifies that the NDCF works with the Member States of the Atlantic Alliance, its partners and the countries that have some form of co-operation with NATO. Through the Foundation the involvement of USA and Canada is more fluid than in other settings.