The leaders of NATO member states are meeting in Ankara, ostensibly to discuss increasing defence investment and long-term military support for Ukraine. But the war on Iran is hanging over the gathering. One of the most significant is freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz - the vital waterway that Iran effectively closed for months. Ahead of the NATO summit, the US had called on European allies to help it secure the strait. They refused, with some arguing that the war has nothing to do the bloc. So, could the divide between the US and its allies be bridged in Ankara? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests David Des Roches, Profesor at Thayer Marshall Institute and former NATO Operations Director in the Office of the U-S Secretary of Defense. Alam Saleh, Senior Lecturer of Iranian Studies at Australian National University. Patrick Bury, Defense and Security Specialist at University of Bath and a former NATO Analyst. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://X.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #NATO #Turkiye #AnkaraSummit #StraitOfHormuz #IranWar #UnitedStates #DonaldTrump #NATOSummit #MaritimeSecurity #GulfSecurity #FreedomOfNavigation #UkraineWar #EuropeDefence #GlobalSecurity