From the Editor

Welcome to the summer issue of The World Today. This month’s NATO summit in The Hague is crunch time for the alliance and European security. As one of our contributors puts it, President Donald Trump will ‘blow up’ the gathering – and NATO itself – if he isn’t happy with allies’ commitments to increase defence spending. But even with the right promises, where and how should that money be spent? And is Europe able to build enough missiles and drones to support Ukraine and deter further Russian aggression? We have gathered an array of experts to answer these questions and more.