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Last week, NATO leaders met in Washington, D.C., for their annual summit, marking 75 years since the North Atlantic Treaty – the alliance’s founding document – was signed in 1949. We asked four experts to tell us more about the summit and to answer one key question – how effective is NATO at 75?Read more below.Anna Dowd Senior International & Defense Researcher RAND CorporationThe NATO Washington Summit last week came at a critical juncture. While progress was made on several fronts, alliance leaders missed the opportunity to produce pivotal outcomes and set a bold, long-term agenda to meet the challenges