European Union leaders are trumpeting their endorsement of a plan to free up hundreds of billions of euros to inject into their defense budgets

But perhaps the biggest challenge for the EU will be building a united stance at a moment when it’s fractured, since much of the bloc’s actions requires unanimous support. Hungary is threatening to veto part of the summit statement on Ukraine, as is Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Turkey, with NATO's second-largest army and a Black Sea coastline, is looking to play a key role in Europe's security after Washington's pivot away from the region. Its military, strategically located on the eastern flank of the Atlantic Alliance and south of the Black Sea -- to which it controls access via the Bosphorus -- counts 373,

Shaken by the prospect of U.S. disengagement, European Union leaders vowed to bolster the bloc’s defenses at a crisis summit Thursday, while

Top EU officials headed to India in a bid to boost trade, though New Delhi will likely voice reservations over an EU carbon import tariff.

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