LONDON • Summits of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), the United States-led military alliance in Europe, used to be fairly predictable affairs: Leaders of the bloc's member-states would get together for discussions on the topical matters, sign a communique which was negotiated well in advance and usually said little new, and then pose for a "family photograph" in which everyone smiled in a display of Western unity.
But as heads of state and government of Nato's 29 member-states gather in London tomorrow for a summit designed to celebrate the alliance's 70th birthday, old certainties are gone.
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