We get some perspective from Ivo Daalder.# He was U.S. ambassador to NATO during the## Obama administration.

He's now the president# of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Ambassador Daalder, what -- when you look# at the summit and what was accomplished,## was this a missed opportunity?# Should the alliance have issued## an invitation or at least a timeline# for an invitation for Ukraine to join?

IVO DAALDER, Former U.S. Ambassador# to NATO: No, I really don't think## so.

And it was unrealistic, frankly, to# think Making an invitation to a country in# the middle of war in order to bring it## into an alliance that is committed to# defending every inch of the territory## of all of its members was just not in# the cards and couldn't be expected.

What could be expected is a very strong# statement and a very strong commitment## to move forward with Ukraine on# multiple fronts, first of all,## to provide new weapons, so it can launch# the counteroffensive with the full backing## of Western equipments.

And that was# done by a whole variety of countries.

Long-range missiles, cluster munitions,# and new tanks and the like.

Se a long-term commitment that the United States,# together with the G7 partners and others,## are making to the defense and security# of Ukraine, not only today and tomorrow,## as long as this war goes on, but after# that, to make sure that a war never resumed.

And then, finally, really an important indication## that the issue of NATO membership# is no longer a question of whether, but really a question of when and how.

How do# you bring in a country that is in the mid a war with contested borders into a security# alliance?

That's now squarely on the agenda.

As President Biden said, hopefully,# in the next few months, we're going## to find out how we're going to do that.

And# that is a major step.

So I think President## Zelenskyy is going back to keep full with# the backing of the Western alliance.

And## that's a good thing, because he needs# that backing in order to win the war.

AMNA NAWAZ: There was another significant# summit move in T decision to allow Sweden to join NATO.

That was## just as the U.S. announces that Turkey# will get those F-16s that they Is that what changed everyone's mind?# Help us understand what happened here.

IVO DAALDER: Well, reading# Erdogan's mind is difficult.

I mean, he likes attention.

He# certainly got it once again.

He## does this all the time.

He goes to the# brink of a of a summit in order sure that everybody knows that the Turks are# around and are playing a big game.

Secondly,## I think he's now realizing that, with the economy# in trouble in Turkey, he needs Western assistance,## he needs a good relationship with the# United States, with the European Union.

And, third, he did get those F-16s.# It now looks like the discussions## between the United States and Turkey# on selling those F-16 are proceeding,## that Congress is moving forward with providing# those F-16s, as long as Turkey commits not to use## them against Greece or Cyprus.

And I noted that# President Erdogan said that he would not do that.

So I think he's got a lot for what he# wanted.

But the most important thing,## Sweden is now going to be a member# of NATO.

And that's how it should be.

AMNA NAWAZ: As my colleague Laura Barron-Lopez# reported earlier, NATO leaders have als first time since the end of the Cold War,# they now have an approved military plan,## a response plan, in case any of the# NATO member nations are attacked.

Why is that significant?

IVO DAALDER: You k It's -- and NATO is sort of relearning# its mu to be a military alliance.

So these# plans, one for the northern region,## one for the central region, the eastern# front and one for the southern region dictate what kind of forces are necessary# to defend every inch of NATO territory.

And it really gives an indication to# all NATO members.

It says you, Germany,## need to provide 150 tanks in this place,# and you need to be able to move them there## within this time frame with the kind# of ammunition that is necessary.

And## that's the kind of planning that now# will go on through the entire lines.

Think of it as an Excel spreadsheet,## with the NATO countries on -- representing# columns and the milita representing the capabilities.

And they're# now filling in exactly what capabilities## are necessary to fulfill the requirement# to defend every inch of NATO territory.

So it emerges and integrates NATO defense# planning and the investment and resourcing## of NATO capabilities in a much more significant# way.

It's what we used to do during the Cold War.## We just haven't been able to do it, or found it# necessary to do it, until Russia decided that it## would use force to change borders.

And that, of# course, is something that NATO wants to prevent.

AMNA NAWAZ: Ambassador, I have# got less than a minute left here.

But I have to ask you.

Of course, Ukraine# domi of a counteroffensive.

What's your sense# of how that counteroffensive is going?

IVO DAALDER: So, I think the Ukrainians# are trying to probe for Russian weaknesses,# so that they can then concentrate the forces## that have been equipped and trained by# Western countries and have a It's probably getting a little bit more difficult.# It is a bit a little more diffic anticipated to finding that weakness.

But I have# no doubt that, at some point, you will see all of## those forces that have been trained and equipped# by Western countries massing and breaking through## Russian defenses and making significant difference# in where the front lines are going to be drawn.

AMNA NAWAZ: That is the former# U.S.

Ambassador to NATO,## now president of the Chicago Council on G Ambassador Daalder, thank you.

Good to see you.

IVO DAALDER: Thank you.