{"id":43778,"date":"2026-07-16T16:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=43778"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:31:18","slug":"ukraine-may-be-just-the-beginning-why-nato-needs-the-indo-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/ukraine-may-be-just-the-beginning-why-nato-needs-the-indo-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrajina je jen za\u010d\u00e1tek: Pro\u010d NATO pot\u0159ebuje Indo-Pacifik"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43778\" class=\"elementor elementor-43778\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39cff319 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39cff319\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77062531\" data-id=\"77062531\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10d7e593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10d7e593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-10d7e593{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6484e1eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6484e1eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Foto: Unsplash.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60d430b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60d430b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-133ad495\" data-id=\"133ad495\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e06c97e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e06c97e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5aa0cae3\" data-id=\"5aa0cae3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c96f0cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c96f0cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Co se d\u011bje?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V\u00fdstupem leto\u0161n\u00edho <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/en\/news-and-events\/events\/2026\/07\/overview---2026-nato-summit-in-ankara-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summitu NATO v Anka\u0159e<\/a> bylo p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm stvrzen\u00ed z\u00e1vazk\u016f, ke kter\u00fdm se euroatlanti\u010dt\u00ed spojenci zav\u00e1zali minul\u00fd rok na summitu v\u00a0Haagu. T\u011bmi jsou mj. <strong>razantn\u00ed nav\u00fd\u0161en\u00ed v\u00fddaj\u016f na obranu<\/strong> (na 3,5%, resp. 5% HDP do roku 2035) nebo <strong>p\u0159esun t\u011b\u017ei\u0161t\u011b obrann\u00e9ho b\u0159emene sm\u011brem k Evrop\u011b<\/strong>. Leto\u0161n\u00ed summit v\u0161ak nep\u0159inesl \u017e\u00e1dnou v\u00fdznamnou zm\u011bnu, pokud jde o budouc\u00ed strategick\u00e9 sm\u011b\u0159ov\u00e1n\u00ed aliance. D\u016fle\u017eit\u00fd pokrok se tak odehr\u00e1v\u00e1 hlavn\u011b v r\u00e1mci pokra\u010duj\u00edc\u00ed podpory \u010dlensk\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f Ukrajin\u011b nebo v oblasti prohlubuj\u00edc\u00ed se spolupr\u00e1ce v\u00a0obrann\u00e9m pr\u016fmyslu mezi spojenci. Jeden d\u016fle\u017eit\u00fd aspekt v\u0161ak v\u00a0z\u00e1padn\u00edm prost\u0159ed\u00ed z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 opom\u00edjen\u00fd. A\u010dkoliv je NATO prim\u00e1rn\u011b atlantickocentrickou organizac\u00ed, jej\u00ed partnerstv\u00ed a d\u00edl\u010d\u00ed formy spolupr\u00e1ce se neomezuj\u00ed pouze na euroatlantick\u00fd prostor. Aliance ve sv\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/en\/about-us\/official-texts-and-resources\/official-texts\/2026\/07\/08\/the-ankara-summit-declaration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leto\u0161n\u00ed deklaraci<\/a> zmi\u0148uje mj. i <em>strategick\u00e9 soupe\u0159en\u00ed<\/em>, \u010d\u00edm\u017e op\u011bt <strong>implicitn\u011b nar\u00e1\u017e\u00ed na \u010c\u00ednu (\u010cLR)<\/strong> a jej\u00ed prohlubuj\u00edc\u00ed se strategick\u00e9 partnerstv\u00ed s\u00a0Ruskem, jako\u017eto st\u00e1le zvy\u0161uj\u00edc\u00ed se hrozbu pro nejen pro z\u00e1padn\u00ed spojence, ale i pro sou\u010dasn\u00e9 mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed uspo\u0159\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00ed zalo\u017een\u00e9 na pravidlech. Pro alianci se tak <strong>spolupr\u00e1ce s indopacifick\u00fdmi demokraciemi st\u00e1v\u00e1 st\u00e1le d\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00edm polem p\u016fsobnosti<\/strong>. I proto na leto\u0161n\u00edm summitu Anka\u0159e nechyb\u011bli ani vrcholn\u00ed z\u00e1stupci Japonska, Ji\u017en\u00ed Koreje, Austr\u00e1lie, nebo Aotearoa Nov\u00e9ho Z\u00e9landu (tzv. form\u00e1t NATO\u2013IP4).\u00a0<\/p><h2>Jak\u00e9 jsou \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed souvislosti?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u0159esun b\u0159emene obrann\u00fdch v\u00fddaj\u016f sm\u011brem k Evrop\u011b prob\u00edh\u00e1 p\u0159ev\u00e1\u017en\u011b v kontextu ji\u017e zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00e9ho <strong>strategick\u00e9ho soupe\u0159en\u00ed Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f s \u010cLR<\/strong>. Washington ji\u017e nem\u00e1 dostate\u010dn\u00e9 zdroje ani politickou v\u016fli nad\u00e1le financovat evropskou <em>m\u00edrovou dividendu<\/em>na \u00fakor schopnosti \u010delit rostouc\u00edmu tlaku ze strany \u010cLR v Indo-Pacifiku i ve v\u0161ech dal\u0161\u00edch dom\u00e9n\u00e1ch bezpe\u010dnosti. Zejm\u00e9na evropsk\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1st NATO si v\u0161ak st\u00e1le pln\u011b neuv\u011bdomuje, \u017ee konfrontace s Ruskem se neodehr\u00e1v\u00e1 pouze na ukrajinsk\u00e9 frontov\u00e9 linii, ale tak\u00e9 na pozad\u00ed <strong>\u0161ir\u0161\u00edho velmocensk\u00e9ho soupe\u0159en\u00ed na v\u00edcero front\u00e1ch, <\/strong>jeho\u017e je Evropa cht\u011b necht\u011b sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed. NATO ji\u017e v roce 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/en\/about-us\/official-texts-and-resources\/official-texts\/2024\/07\/10\/washington-summit-declaration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ozna\u010dilo<\/a> \u010cLR za <em>rozhoduj\u00edc\u00ed hybnou s\u00edlu<\/em> rusk\u00e9ho v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e9ho \u00fasil\u00ed proti Ukrajin\u011b, zejm\u00e9na v souvislosti s rozs\u00e1hlou podporou rusk\u00e9ho vojensko-pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9ho komplexu a dod\u00e1vkami technologi\u00ed dvoj\u00edho u\u017eit\u00ed. Ned\u00e1vno rovn\u011b\u017e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/russia-approved-secret-china-military-training-top-level-sources-say-2026-07-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vy\u0161lo najevo<\/a>, \u017ee Peking Moskv\u011b poskytuje podporu v podob\u011b utajen\u00fdch program\u016f spole\u010dn\u00e9ho vojensk\u00e9ho v\u00fdcviku rusk\u00fdch a \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fdch voj\u00e1k\u016f. Severn\u00ed Korea se pak stala jedn\u00edm z <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/articles\/how-north-korea-has-bolstered-russias-war-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hlavn\u00edch dodavatel\u016f<\/a> d\u011blost\u0159eleck\u00e9 a raketov\u00e9 munice, vojensk\u00e9 techniky i person\u00e1ln\u00edch kapacit pro ruskou vojenskou ma\u0161in\u00e9rii, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e za tuto podporu z\u00edsk\u00e1v\u00e1 \u0161t\u011bdr\u00e9 finan\u010dn\u00ed prost\u0159edky, technologick\u00e9 know-how i cenn\u00e9 bojov\u00e9 zku\u0161enosti z modern\u00edho v\u00e1l\u010di\u0161t\u011b. T\u00edm sv\u00e9 schopnosti posiluje i Pchjongjang a p\u0159edstavuje tak rostouc\u00ed hrozbu pro sv\u00e9ho ji\u017en\u00edho souseda a \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed region\u00e1ln\u00ed bezpe\u010dnost. Nelze tak\u00e9 opomenout p\u0159\u00edpadn\u00fd a <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2026\/Jan\/23\/2003864773\/-1\/-1\/0\/2026-national-defense-strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">st\u00e1le pravd\u011bpodobn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed<\/a> <strong>\u00fatok \u010cLR na Tchaj-wan<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>spole\u010dn\u011b s\u00a0p\u0159\u00edpadnou simult\u00e1nn\u00ed agres\u00ed Ruska na v\u00fdchodn\u00edm k\u0159\u00eddle NATO<\/strong> \u2013 kter\u00fd by m\u011bl pro zbytek sv\u011bta, a zejm\u00e9na pro NATO, zcela <strong>bezprecedentn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed a ekonomick\u00e9 d\u016fsledky<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sou\u010dasn\u00fd v\u00fdvoj v mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edch vztaz\u00edch ukazuje, \u017ee bezpe\u010dnost euroatlantick\u00e9ho a indopacifick\u00e9ho prostoru se v posledn\u00edch letech st\u00e1v\u00e1 st\u00e1le <strong>propojen\u011bj\u0161\u00ed a vz\u00e1jemn\u011b podm\u00edn\u011bnou dimenz\u00ed strategick\u00e9ho prost\u0159ed\u00ed<\/strong>. Tento trend si zejm\u00e9na v posledn\u00edch letech intenzivn\u011bji uv\u011bdomuj\u00ed demokratick\u00e9 st\u00e1ty v obou oblastech. Prohlubuj\u00edc\u00ed se spolupr\u00e1ce indopacifick\u00fdch demokraci\u00ed s NATO, kter\u00e9 sice zat\u00edm pouze implicitn\u011b \u2013 av\u0161ak st\u00e1le \u010dast\u011bji \u2013 poukazuje na mo\u017enost \u0161ir\u0161\u00edho konfliktu zasahuj\u00edc\u00edho v\u00edcero region\u00e1ln\u00edch celk\u016f, je proto logick\u00fdm vy\u00fast\u011bn\u00edm zhor\u0161uj\u00edc\u00ed se bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed situace a rostouc\u00edho <strong>p\u0159ekryvu strategick\u00fdch z\u00e1jm\u016f autorit\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fdch re\u017eim\u016f na obou stran\u00e1ch planety<\/strong>. V\u00fdznamnou p\u0159ek\u00e1\u017ekou v\u0161ak z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 skute\u010dnost, \u017ee zejm\u00e9na evropsk\u00e9 st\u00e1ty nereflektuj\u00ed rozsah a povahu bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed v\u00fdzvy p\u0159edstavovan\u00e9 \u010cLR. Deklarace ze summit\u016f uplynul\u00fdch let sice v\u016f\u010di Pekingu postupn\u011b zauj\u00edmaly st\u00e1le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/en\/about-us\/official-texts-and-resources\/official-texts\/2024\/07\/10\/washington-summit-declaration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kriti\u010dt\u011bj\u0161\u00ed stanovisko<\/a>, ta leto\u0161n\u00ed se v\u0161ak op\u011bt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/en\/about-us\/official-texts-and-resources\/official-texts\/2026\/07\/08\/the-ankara-summit-declaration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uch\u00fdlila<\/a> pouze k <strong>obecn\u011bj\u0161\u00edm a nejasn\u00fdm formulac\u00edm<\/strong>, nap\u0159\u00edklad v\u00a0podob\u011b ji\u017e zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00e9ho odkazu na <em>strategick\u00e9 soupe\u0159en\u00ed<\/em>. Tento p\u0159\u00edstup p\u0159edstavuje pro NATO probl\u00e9m zejm\u00e9na proto, \u017ee jeho evropsk\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1st v d\u016fsledku hlubok\u00fdch ekonomick\u00fdch z\u00e1vislost\u00ed na \u010cLR jen obt\u00ed\u017en\u011b hled\u00e1 politick\u00fd konsenzus pro pln\u00e9 vyhodnocen\u00ed <strong>rozsahu bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed v\u00fdzvy, kterou Peking p\u0159edstavuje.<\/strong> Washington si sice tuto hrozbu uv\u011bdomuje, av\u0161ak v\u00a0kontextu v\u00e1lky na Bl\u00edzk\u00e9m v\u00fdchod\u011b a do\u010dasn\u00e9ho politick\u00e9ho p\u0159\u00edm\u011b\u0159\u00ed uzav\u0159en\u00e9ho s\u00a0Pekingem b\u011bhem posledn\u00edho setk\u00e1n\u00ed Donalda Trumpa a \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9ho v\u016fdce se <strong>zdr\u00e1hal zaujmout tvrd\u0161\u00ed stanovisko<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stoj\u00ed rovn\u011b\u017e za pov\u0161imnut\u00ed, \u017ee se \u00fa\u010dast zem\u00ed IP4 na leto\u0161n\u00edm summitu \u2013 s v\u00fdjimkou \u00fa\u010dasti jihokorejsk\u00e9ho prezidenta I \u010ce-mjonga, kter\u00fd je vn\u00edm\u00e1n jako politicky um\u00edrn\u011bn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed v\u016f\u010di Pekingu \u2013 <strong>omezila pouze na \u00farove\u0148 ministr\u016f obrany a zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed<\/strong>. Japonsk\u00e1 premi\u00e9rka Sanae Takai\u010di se sice <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/politics\/international-relations\/japan-pm-misses-chance-for-european-diplomacy-by-skipping-nato-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summitu pl\u00e1novala osobn\u011b z\u00fa\u010dastnit<\/a>, nakonec se v\u0161ak rozhodla z\u016fstat v Japonsku v d\u016fsledku vnitropolitick\u00e9 krize, j\u00ed\u017e jej\u00ed strana LDP v posledn\u00edch dnech \u010del\u00ed. Zat\u00edmco v letech 2022 a 2023 se summitu \u00fa\u010dastnili vrcholn\u00ed p\u0159edstavitel\u00e9 v\u0161ech \u010dty\u0159 zem\u00ed, v roce 2024 \u0161lo pouze o t\u0159i z nich a v letech 2025 a 2026 se \u00fa\u010dast omezila jen na jednoho nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00edho p\u0159edstavitele. Leto\u0161n\u00ed summit tak ani s\u00a0ohledem na form\u00e1t NATO\u2013IP4 bohu\u017eel nep\u0159inesl \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 v\u00fdznamn\u00e9 zm\u011bny. Navzdory ni\u017e\u0161\u00ed \u00farovni politick\u00e9ho zastoupen\u00ed bylo v\u0161ak v n\u011bkter\u00fdch oblastech dosa\u017eeno jist\u00e9ho pokroku. Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty, Japonsko a Ji\u017en\u00ed Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/07\/the-united-states-japan-and-the-republic-of-korea-sign-a-trilateral-memorandum-of-cooperation-on-small-modular-reactor-deployments-in-other-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podepsaly dohodu<\/a> o rozvoji modul\u00e1rn\u00edch jadern\u00fdch reaktor\u016f a NATO spolu se st\u00e1ty IP4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/erp\/ep\/pageite_000001_00011.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deklarovalo z\u00e1m\u011br<\/a> nad\u00e1le prohlubovat ji\u017e prob\u00edhaj\u00edc\u00ed spolupr\u00e1ci v kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00fdch bezpe\u010dnostn\u00edch ot\u00e1zk\u00e1ch. Ty se soust\u0159ed\u00ed mj. na <strong>obrann\u011b-pr\u016fmyslovou spolupr\u00e1ci<\/strong>, <strong>vojenskou interoperabilitu, kybernetickou bezpe\u010dnost a vysp\u011bl\u00e9 technologie, podporu Ukrajiny, kontrolu zbrojen\u00ed, n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed bezpe\u010dnost, \u010di \u0159e\u0161en\u00ed hybridn\u00edch hrozeb.<\/strong><\/p><h2>Pro\u010d je to d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prohlubuj\u00edc\u00ed se spolupr\u00e1ce mezi NATO a Indo-Pacifikem p\u0159edstavuje jeden z v\u00fdznamn\u00fdch trend\u016f sou\u010dasn\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed architektury. P\u0159esto\u017ee nec\u00edl\u00ed na roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159en\u00ed alian\u010dn\u00edch z\u00e1vazk\u016f mimo euroatlantick\u00fd prostor, <strong>rostouc\u00ed propojen\u00ed bezpe\u010dnostn\u00edch v\u00fdzev<\/strong>ukazuje, \u017ee <strong>stabilitu obou region\u016f ji\u017e nelze vn\u00edmat odd\u011blen\u011b<\/strong>. Schopnost demokratick\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f koordinovat svou politiku v\u016f\u010di hrozb\u00e1m ze strany agresivn\u00edch autorit\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fdch re\u017eim\u016f \u2013 od rusk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky proti Ukrajin\u011b p\u0159es rostouc\u00ed \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fd n\u00e1tlak v Indo-Pacifiku a\u017e po hybridn\u00ed hrozby a technologickou konkurenci \u2013 proto bude z\u00e1sadn\u00edm faktorem pro zachov\u00e1n\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho uspo\u0159\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00ed zalo\u017een\u00e9ho na pravidlech. Pro \u010cesko i Evropu z toho vypl\u00fdv\u00e1 p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm nutnost <strong>p\u0159ekonat \u00fazce region\u00e1ln\u00ed a tradi\u010dn\u00ed vn\u00edm\u00e1n\u00ed sv\u00e9 vlastn\u00ed<\/strong> <strong>bezpe\u010dnosti<\/strong> a za\u010d\u00edt ji ch\u00e1pat <strong>v \u0161ir\u0161\u00edm strategick\u00e9m a ucelen\u011bj\u0161\u00edm kontextu.<\/strong> To bude nezbytn\u00e9 zejm\u00e9na v\u00a0dne\u0161n\u00ed dob\u011b, kdy autorit\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9 mocnosti propojuj\u00ed sv\u00e9 strategick\u00e9 c\u00edle nap\u0159\u00ed\u010d v\u00edcero regiony. Pot\u0159eba stejn\u00e9ho uva\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed se tak t\u00fdk\u00e1 i demokratick\u00fdch partner\u016f NATO v Indo-Pacifiku.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Unsplash.com Foto: Unsplash.com What is happening? This year\u2019s NATO Summit in Ankara was marked by a reaffirmation of the commitments made by member states at last year\u2019s summit in The Hague. 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