Bloomberg Surveillance · Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Rose Gottemoeller emphasizes that NATO's primary focus must be resolving the Russian aggression in Ukraine, as this is the critical first step towards establishing a predictable and stable European security architecture. She notes that while NATO is serving US interests, and European nations are beginning to shoulder more defense responsibility, the conflict's resolution is paramount.
“Well, the first thing that NATO can do is help to resolve this war of Russian aggression in Ukraine, and that is the key issue that will have to be resolved before we can think about a European security architecture that I hope will provide mutual predictability and stability for everyone.”
“As you've said, Turkey of course is a NATO member state as well, and so their security and stability relies on NATO. As we see from this anchor, a summit of NATO going on this week.”
“So let's take the bright side and say they're finally shouldering some responsibility.”