2026 Ankara summit -- Estonian Foreign Ministry, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska ‘I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place.’ With these words, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte described the state of the Alliance’s nuclear strategy at the pre-Summit press conference in Ankara on 6 July 2026. The phrase was intended to project stability, confidence, and reassurance. Yet, to anyone familiar with the history of the nuclear age, it rev