2) The 2017 NATO Brussels Summit — NATO heads of state will convene in the summer for a major summit meeting in Belgium, as announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the last major gathering of NATO leaders in Warsaw in July 2016. At the 1997 Madrid Summit, for instance, NATO members decided to invite Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to join the Alliance. This summer’s NATO Summit will mark not only the first of the Trump era it will also be the first summit to take place at the new NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Elements belonging to the four multinational battalions have already begun deploying — the biggest NATO buildup in Europe since the 1980s. And if it does look to change U.S. commitments of funding and personnel in Eastern Europe, will other NATO members follow suit?

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2017 14:06 UTC