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Issues | NATO's Ankara Moment: Repairing the Alliance in an Age of Uncertainty
- Spring 2026 / Volume 28, Number 2
NATO's Ankara Moment: Repairing the Alliance in an Age of Uncertainty
Editor's Note
Editor's Note | Spring 2026
Taken together, the contributions in this issue reflect a shared conviction: that the decisions made at and around the 2026 Ankara Summit will shape not only the future of NATO but the broader architecture of international security for years to come. Whether the alliance can successfully navigate the tensions between unity and differentiation, between trans-Atlantic solidarity and European autonomy, between institutional resilience and the need for strategic renewal, will depend on the political will of its members and their capacity to translate shared interests into coherent collective action. In other words, both change and continuity will go on in the alliance.
Commentaries
Contemporary armed conflicts increasingly defy analysis within a single legal framework. This...
At a time when the international order is undergoing profound transformation, the Transatlantic...
NATO’s primary challenge in 2026 is no longer limited to deterring conventional aggression; it is...
This commentary examines NATO’s evolving role in a multipolar and multi-layered world order, with...
This study examines the security culture of Treaty Organization through a systematic analytical...
This commentary examines Belgium’s priorities and expectations for the Ankara NATO Summit. It...
As NATO approaches its 2026 Ankara Summit, the alliance faces its most demanding transformation...
This commentary argues that the war in Sudan should be understood not only as a humanitarian...
Articles
This article critically examines whether the UNESCO contemporary cultural policy framework,...
This study examines the 1994 Rwandan genocide through the interconnected dimensions of ethnic...
Since the end of the Cold War, the Western orientation of the Balkans has been an important topic...
This study examines why the Syrian civil war evolved into a permanent conflict dynamic through...
This article argues that NATO’s emerging geoeconomic security architecture calls for a...
This analysis examines the Trump Administration’s drive to transform U.S. trade policy from...
Why did NATO, despite commanding a nuclear arsenal larger and more capable than Russia’s, yield...
The 2026 Iran crisis reveals important changes in NATO’s cohesion dynamics, demonstrating that...
Review Article
NATO and International Law in Transition: Institutional Evolution, Collective Self-Defense, and the War in Ukraine
Verhelst highlights the institutional and constitutional questions arising from NATO’s expansion beyond its original treaty framework; Green demonstrates the continuing centrality of CSD within contemporary international law; and Eichler situates the Alliance within the broader dynamics of post-Cold War security competition. Despite their methodological differences, all three authors underscore the enduring relevance of collective defense in an era characterized by hybrid threats, technological interdependence, and renewed great-power rivalry.