Putin Can Accept an Agreement Before NATO Summit and Divide Allies, Says Major-General João Vieira Borges

The President of the Portuguese Military History Commission argues that at the summit, Donald Trump's pressure for allies will be "politically in play" to invest 5% of GDP in defence.

Major General João Vieira Borges stressed today that the Russian President can take an initiative before NATO's next summit, including a peace agreement that can reduce the Western commitment to investment in defence. "One of Putin's actions can be reached immediately before [of NATO's summit], to reduce the perception of threat," noted João Vieira Borges at the conference "A Atlantic vision of Portuguese foreign policy: the reading of Mário Soa…