The acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands will face challenges such as the war in Ukraine, among others, when he takes over from Jens Stoltenberg.
The acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Ruttewill face challenges such as the war in Ukraine, among others, when he takes over from Jens Stoltenberg in the NATO General Secretariatonce officially confirmed by the 32 countries of the Atlantic Alliance.
Rutte must supervise the application of the formal decision that is expected to come out of the Washington allied summit in Julyso that the Alliance has a more active role in managing the sending of military aid and the training of Ukrainian soldiers, and perhaps also a military fund that Stoltenberg has asked to provide 40 billion euros annually for Ukraine.
NATO has recognized that Russia is the main threat that the Alliance faces, as it becomes increasingly concerned about Moscow’s ability to employ hybrid tactics to destabilize its member countries.
China worries allies because of how its military investment has skyrocketed and because of the possibility of losing its technological advantage to Beijing. Furthermore, he believes that Beijing cannot be considered neutral with regard to the Russian war in Ukraine, since it supplies Moscow with dual-use goods (civil and military) and electronics that it uses in the weapons it uses in the invasion.
Rutte must continue the work that Stoltenberg has been doing since 2014 to increase defense spending. In Washington it is expected that the objective of reversing the 2% of GDP In defense it is not a ceiling but a common minimum for all.
In the coming years, the allies that also belong to the European Union will have to agree on a new community budget in which Defense will have difficulty retaining funds in the face of competitiveness policies.
NATO also faces the instability projected by its southern borderwith countries like Spain or Italy placing special emphasis on the need to adequately address these threats.
The differences in the positions of the allies They have been more evident than ever in recent years with Hungary, which has resisted decisions that are made by consensus in NATO.
Source: Eitb
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