1、2025/6/24 13:28NATOs High-Stakes Summit:Buying Time to Fill the Gaps|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/natos-high-stakes-summit-buying-time-fill-gaps1/7COMMENTARYNATOs High-Stakes Summit:Buying Time to Fillthe GapsOana Lungescu23 June 202
2、58 Minute ReadNATOs summit in the Hague will set an historic target of 5%ofGDP on defence.Allies hope this can buy enough time to?llcurrent capability gaps,deter an aggressive Russia,and keepDonald Trump committed to the transatlantic alliance and thedefence of Europe.President Trumps?rst NATO summi
3、t in his second term will be shorter thanmost.This is not by chance.As he hosts his?rst summit as NATO SecretaryGeneral in his hometown,Mark Rutte aims to reduce the risk of surprisesfrom the notoriously unpredictable US President.Just one year since the pomp and circumstance of their 75th anniversa
4、rysummit in Washington,DC,the 32 NATO leaders will meet in The Hague for asingle working session in the morning of 25 June.Scheduled to last two and ahalf hours,it will focus on defence spending.Moreover,the summitdeclaration will be just one page,as compared to the 15 pages in Washington.And for th