Nato summit: How a fractured alliance is fuelling a permanent war economy

Nato summit: How a fractured alliance is fuelling a permanent war economy Submitted by Anas Altikriti on Fri, 07/10/2026 - 15:42 Massive surge in arms spending is justified through the language of collective defence, and sustained by threats that are partly constructed US President Donald Trump attends the Nato summit in Ankara on 8 July 2026 (Saul Loeb/AFP) Off The Nato summit held in Ankara this week was, by any measure, a gathering of an alliance under profound and perhaps irreversible strain. Hosted by Turkey , the summit took place against the backdrop of an active US - Israeli war on Iran , a grinding conflict in Ukraine , a rupturing transatlantic relationship, and a European defence establishment determined to turn crisis into cash. Whatever unity was performed for the cameras, the fissures running through Nato have never been deeper.