Glitter, Smokes and Mirrors, and Death: The NATO Summit and the Failure To Correct Course That Followed

Foreign Policy and Spin Strategy

The Lithuanian Presidency building during the NATO summit in Vilnius, July 12, 2023. Photo: Nicolas Tenzer

Nothing will remain of the NATO summit in Vilnius, except the impression of a moment that functioned as a gigantic operation of deception and pretense. Weakness was presented as strength; abandonment, albeit relative since the Western support, that …