The focus of this week’s NATO meeting will likely be the Israel-Iran conflict despite Russia’s war in Ukraine originally set to dominate the agenda. But after Russia launched yet another deadly aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the Secretary-General of the NATO alliance Mark Rutte said member nations must up their defence spend to five percent of their GDP– with the key reason being to help defend Ukraine from Moscow. University of Essex professor of government Natasha Lindstaedt joined The World from Colchester.
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