Dieser NATO-Gipfel ist ein großer Sieg für Biden

Submission statement: Writing in *Foreign Policy,* former US Ambassador to Russia [Michael McFaul](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/michael-mcfaul) makes the case that this week’s gathering of NATO alliance members amounts to a big win for the Biden administration. McFaul reviews the changes that NATO has undergone in recent years and identifies US leadership following the Russian reinvasion of Ukraine as a key factor driving these changes. As he writes, “Under Biden’s watch, trans-Atlantic burden-sharing has become real, not just a talking point: Today, Europe outspends Washington in terms of total support for Ukraine. In fact, Europe is sending much more aid directly to Ukraine, whereas U.S. military spending stays in the United States to build new weapons for the U.S. military, which then transfers its older, often decommissioned weapons to Ukraine.”