Memo to NATO: Ukraine’s admission to the alliance isn’t an act of charity

Ukraine’s membership would be a significant addition to NATO’s collective security in an increasingly insecure world.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speak at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12. Photograph courtesy of NATO/Flickr

Opinion

BY YAROSLAV BARAN

July 12, 2023

The Vilnius NATO Summit wrapped up July 12 having made important steps in some key areas, like moving two per cent GDP defence spending from a target to a minimum, and dislodging the impasse with Turkey on Sweden’s imminent admission to the alliance. But the most important...

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