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Leaders of Nato’s 32 member countries meet this week in Washington for a summit of the transatlantic security alliance, with further military and financial support for Ukraine high on the agenda.
But much of the focus will be on US President Joe Biden as some in his own Democratic Party call for him to drop his run for a second term.
The clamour follows Biden’s weak performance in a debate last month against his rival in the November 5 presidential election, former Republican president Donald Trump.
The outcome of the election could change the course of Washington’s foreign policy.
Here are some of the leaders to watch this week at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s meeting:

Joe Biden
The US president faces a critical week as he tries to shore up an election campaign that has been on defence since a shaky June 27 debate against Trump that raised questions about Biden’s ability to govern for another 4½ years.
Biden, 81, will hold talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, among others, amid rising pressure from US congressional Democrats calling on him to end his re-election bid.
Volodymyr Zelensky
In addition to drumming up more support to help repel Russia’s invasion, the Ukrainian president is expected to push for a quicker path to entering Nato than the alliance has so far been willing to offer.
Keir Starmer
The new British prime minister will make his first international trip after leading the Labour Party to a landslide victory in Britain’s parliamentary election last week. Starmer has pledged to maintain the previous Conservative government’s approach towards Ukraine by continuing to support Kyiv in its war against Russia’s invasion.
Emmanuel Macron
The French president will be in Washington days after losing much of his political power in a snap election. The decision to call the election stunned Macron’s close allies and opponents alike, and some in his own camp denounced the move as reckless. After its second round of voting on Sunday, France faces a chaotic hung parliament.

Viktor Orban
The Hungarian prime minister, a critic of Western military aid to Ukraine and the EU leader with the warmest relations with Russia and China, will be in Washington after a surprise visit to Beijing on Monday to discuss a potential Ukraine peace deal.
Hungary assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union last week, and Orban has since visited Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. His Russia trip angered other European leaders, who said he had no EU mandate to push for a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Ulf Kristersson
The Swedish prime minister will represent his country at its first Nato summit since joining the alliance in March. Ahead of his trip, Kristersson said Sweden fully supports the idea that Ukraine’s future lies in Nato.
Yoon Suk-yeol
The South Korean president, who has pushed for greater security ties with Europe and other US allies to deter North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, plans to discuss the threat Pyongyang poses to Europe by deepening military ties with Russia.
Justin Trudeau
The Canadian prime minister, under pressure as his Liberal government trails the main opposition party in polls, could face renewed questions about Ottawa’s defence spending lagging the 2 per cent of gross domestic product agreed by Nato allies.
In a policy update this year, the Trudeau government pledged billions more for the armed forces to increase military spending from 1.4 per cent of GDP to 1.76 per cent by 2030.


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Nato Washington summit: who are the leaders to watch?

US President Joe Biden meets his fellow Nato leaders this week. Photo: Bloomberg

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photo: AP 

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday. Photo: Xinhua

US election 2024: Biden insists he is ‘not going anywhere’, vows to stay in presidential race

US President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the presidential race on Monday. Photo: Bloomberg

Joe Biden, right, and Donald Trump during a CNN debate on June 27. Photo: TNS

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre answers questions about Biden’s medical records at the White House in Washington on Monday. Photo: AP

Senator Dick Durbin. Photo: AP

Nato’s 75th risks being overshadowed by Biden and Macron’s domestic turmoil

Security fencing outside the Washington convention centre where the Nato summit will be taking place in Washington. Photo: AFP

Inside the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre. Photo: AP

A collapsed building at a hospital for children in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, following missile attacks by Russia. Photo: Kyodo

As Joe Biden flounders, Donald Trump is acting somewhat restrained

Donald Trump at the June 27 debate against US President Joe Biden. Photo: TNS

‘Trump-proof’ Nato? As Biden falters, Europeans look to safeguard military alliance

Then US president Donald Trump in 2019. File photo: AP

US President Joe Biden and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2023. File photo: AP

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Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron will join other leaders for the landmark 75th anniversary summit


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