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NATO summit: Despite high public support for defense spending in Europe, discord over burden sharing emerges

  • Written by Richard C. Eichenberg, Associate Professor, Tufts University
imagePresident Obama with UK Prime Minister David Cameron.NATO

The NATO summit in Warsaw that wrapped up on July 9 demonstrated once again that the defense spending effort of European allies remains a contentious issue in the alliance.

On the eve of the summit, news reports indicated that American officials had prepared a briefing designed in part to...

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