NATO on Thursday (today) marks 75 years since its founding with the Western alliance confronted by the urgent need to do more to help Ukraine win a war currently roiling Europe.
Foreign ministers from NATO’s 32 countries will hold a ceremony at its Brussels headquarters to fete the organisation that bills itself as the “most powerful and successful alliance in history”.
But, amid the cake-cutting and speeches, NATO is grappling with one of its most serious challenges since it emerged from the ashes of World War II in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union.