NATO leaders are at the Hague to discuss a deal to boost defence spending among alliance members. Chief Mark Rutte called on both Europe and the US to meet the challenges of rearmament together to win what he called the “new war of production” against Russia. CNA’s Loke Wei Sue speaks with Philippe Le Corre, Senior Fellow on Foreign Policy at the Asia Society and Professor of Geopolitics at ESSEC Business School.
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