Will NATO get involved in securing Strait of Hormuz?

War on Iran overshadows defence alliance’s summit in Turkiye.

The leaders of NATO member states met in Ankara, ostensibly to discuss increasing defence investment and long-term military support for Ukraine.

One of the most significant issues before the alliance is freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz – the vital waterway that Iran effectively closed for months. Before 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 with the bloc.

Guests: David Des Roches – Profesor at Thayer Marshall Institute and former NATO operations director in the Office of the US Secretary of Defense Alam Saleh – Senior lecturer of Iranian studies at Australian National University Patrick Bury – Defence and security specialist at the University of Bath and a former NATO analyst