►  The NATO Vilnius Summit tested the alliance with the matter of how far the United States and its allies were in favour of offering Kyiv NATO membership now, all while it continues to fight and repel Russian forces. The answer to rapid membership: not quite yet Ukraine.

►Among the negative arguments, many argue that Ukraine cannot become a NATO member while it is still at war with Russia as certain allies believe that Kyiv would immediately trigger Article 5 of the Washington Treaty to bring NATO into direct conflict with Russia. Furthermore, the Summit did not result any substantial pledges for more and new military aid.

► Positive take-aways from the Vilnius Summit Vilnius was the further articulation of new regional defence plans, the new NATO Force Model as well as the decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to drop his objection to Sweden’s NATO accession.