Recording: The Road to Ankara: A Stronger Europe, A Stronger NATO
This RUSI Europe webinar asks: what can we realistically expect from the Ankara summit? How can Europeans do more without weakening the bonds that keep the US committed? And how can burden-shifting strengthen, rather than fracture, the Alliance?
NATO leaders will face one of the Alliance’s most consequential summits in Ankara on 7-8 July. Washington has signalled it will earmark fewer forces for NATO, redirecting assets towards other theatres, even as Russia tests the Alliance through sabotage and incursions from South-Eastern Europe to the High North.
The challenge in Ankara is to keep the US engaged while accelerating a stronger European pillar within a stronger NATO, converting rising budgets into real capabilities, bolstering air defence and military mobility, and sustaining support for Ukraine.
Speakers
- Rachel Ellehuus, RUSI Director-General
- Matthew Savill, Director, Military Sciences, RUSI
- Oana Lungescu, RUSI Europe Advisory Board Member
- Brigadier (Ret’d) Robbie Boyd OBE, RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Moderator: Dr Jonathan Eyal, RUSI Europe Executive Director
Related webinar
Webinar: Assessing the Outcomes of the 2026 NATO Summit
RUSI Members can register to attend our follow-up webinar held on 10 July discussing the outcomes of the Summit with Ambassador Angus Lapsley CMG, UK's Permanent Representative to NATO and with Lieutenant General Eldon Millar CVO MBE, UK's Military Representative to NATO and the European Union (tbc).
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FEATURING
Rachel Ellehuus
RUSI Director-General
Senior Management
Matthew Savill
Director of Military Sciences
Military Sciences
Oana Lungescu
Distinguished Fellow
Brigadier (Ret’d) Robbie Boyd OBE
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Jonathan Eyal
Associate Director, Strategic Research Partnerships
RUSI International
