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Stars and Stripes · United States · NATO summit heads to Ankara with US-European rift over Iran and defence spending
Frames the summit through force-posture implications: which European allies are expanding military spending, how the Iran exclusion affects US willingness to invoke Article 5 for Europe, and whether the Ankara location signals Turkey's continued centrality in NATO despite tensions with several allies.
“US commanders privately question Article 5 reliability for allies who declined Iran coalition membership.”