The forthcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 11-12 seems already infected by a strange policy fatalism, writes Tony Kevin.

We must make clear that ‘an attack on one is an attack on all’ does not automatically trigger a US military response.

Pressure is mounting to make some sort of formal declaration over Ukraine’s membership at meetings in Vilnius next month.

Next month’s meeting of Western allies will leave the war-torn country mostly empty-handed.

Nothing has gone right for the US and NATO since the initial phase of the war. Attempts to isolate Russia have failed. European economies have been stung badly by the war while others saved themselves and Russia by purchasing discounted Russian crude. Even the war theatre in Ukraine isn’t looking the way NATO envisioned it

France wants a clear road map, while Germany urges caution. Foreign ministers of the military alliance are meeting in Oslo

The Biden administration’s insistence on NATO enlargement has made Ukraine a victim of misconceived and unachievable U.S. military aspirations, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.

But revelations about American and European boots on the ground are new, and could prove a dangerous and so far unexplained, wrinkle.

A mantra endlessly repeated by US officials and military leaders, especially in their testimony before Congress, is that America’s vast network of minor state allies in NATO and around the world provide it with resources and power that Russia and China cannot match. However, this is simply not true. It is a fantasy, unsupported by the factual historical record.

Helsinki’s accession to the US-led bloc sees its leaders embrace Cold War euphoria 30 years too late