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epa11473407 US President Joe Biden (L) and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (R) during a ceremony for the ‘Ukraine Compact’ during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Washington, DC, USA, 11 July 2024. The 75th Anniversary NATO Summit takes place in Washington, DC, from 09 to 11 July 2024.  EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER

US President Joe Biden (left) fumbled and called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “President Putin”.

PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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SINGAPORE – It was supposed to have been a historic milestone that reaffirmed the strength of the West in a troubled world and commemorated

Nato’s resilience after 75 years

.

Instead,

US President Joe Biden’s gaffes

at the Nato summit in Washington cast the spotlight on a fundamental vulnerability in the alliance: its reliance on steady US leadership for progress. 

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