What to Watch For at the 75th NATO Summit

All eyes are on Ukraine, but China and the Israel–Hamas war are also in focus.

Flags wave outside NATO headquarters ahead of a meeting of the alliance's defense ministers in Brussels on Oct. 21, 2021. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

WASHINGTON—Leaders of the world’s largest military alliance will arrive in the nation’s capital this week to carve out a strategy for countering a widening suite of crises in Europe, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific.

The annual NATO summit in Washington marks the 75th anniversary of the defensive alliance and comes at a time of heightened geopolitical tension throughout the world.