US, NATO Allies to Tackle Unprecedented Security Challenges at Crucial Summit Next Week

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) U.S. President Joe Biden (2L) and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) speak next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (3R) and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2R) before a G7 leaders' family photograph during a NATO summit at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. Henry Nicholls/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden will attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit next week as the military alliance faces the most pressing challenges since the end of the Cold War, including mounting security threats from Russia and China.

The summit, scheduled for July 11–12 in the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, will bring together heads of state, military officials, and diplomats from the alliance’s 31 member nations.