Capitol Hill Briefing # NATO 2025 Summit: Rebalancing the Transatlantic Relationship ##### Watch the Event Download: [ Video ](https://fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/c9c46132-4747-40ef-96ed-d2339b8128c2/d70b4fe7-d41a-4f54-b6cb-fb2c6d196174/main.mp4) Submit questions in the comment box on this page. For event updates, follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X. If you have questions about the event or your registration, please email [events@​cato.​org](mailto:events@cato.org). Date and Time June 17, 2025 12 - 1:30 PM EDT Location 215 Senate Visitors Center Share This Event ##### Featuring [![Justin Logan cropped portrait new](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2023-08/Justin-Logan-cropped.jpg?itok=1xXiDWfG)](/people/justin-logan) [Justin Logan](/people/justin-logan) Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute [ ](https://x.com/JustinTLogan) [ ](mailto:jlogan@cato.org) [![Joshua Shifrinson cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2023-08/josh-shifrinson-headshot-Cropped.jpg?itok=mCqvrjoT)](/people/joshua-shifrinson) [Joshua Shifrinson](/people/joshua-shifrinson) Non-resident Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; Associate Professor, University of Maryland [![Lawrence Montreuil - cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2024-10/2024-07-25-Headshot-Lawrence%20Montreuil-min%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=9ENvvOwD)](/people/lawrence-montreuil) [Lawrence Montreuil](/people/lawrence-montreuil) Vice President for Public Affairs [ ](mailto:lmontreuil@cato.org) NATO member states will gather June 24–26 in the Netherlands for the 2025 NATO Summit. This comes as NATO member states’ disparate interests, competing priorities, and varying perspectives on the future of Ukraine threaten the cohesion of the alliance. For both domestic and strategic reasons, US leaders from across the political spectrum seek a rebalanced alliance in which European states would take increasing responsibility for conventional deterrence on the continent. Yet while many European leaders pay homage to this idea, steps toward this objective remain halting. European officials reportedly want a cordial meeting to avoid any perceptions of disunity, while US leaders have continued to pressure allies to boost defense spending and take more responsibility for the defense of their continent. Will the United States follow through with plans to withdraw troops from Germany and Eastern Europe? How will European members respond to the US demand that they spend 5 percent of their gross domestic product on defense? Please join us for this briefing as we examine the primary themes of the 2025 NATO Summit and options for the United States to rebalance the transatlantic relationship. **Lunch will be provided.** [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).