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This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy Magazine, to talk through the week\u2019s big natsec news, including: 

• \u201cPledge Week.\u201d In a sign of strength, NATO held its annual summit in the capital of Vilnius this week, just kilometers from Lithuania\u2019s border with Belarus. But those hoping to join the club have gotten mixed receptions, with NATO members securing a clear path for Sweden to join the alliance without presenting a clear way forward for embattled Ukraine. What did we learn about the state of the alliance from this week\u2019s historic meeting?
• \u201cCluster Ruck(us).\u201d Late last week, the Biden administration made the controversial decision to provide U.S. cluster munitions\u2014a type of weapon that many U.S. allies have banned by treaty, due to concerns about civilian casualties\u2014to its ally Ukraine. Is it the right move? And what might it mean on the battlefield\u2014and after the war is over?
• \u201cNeedling and Threads.\u201d Mark Zuckerberg appears to have finally gotten under the skin of tech billionaire Elon Musk, as his recently launched competitor to Musk\u2019s beleaguered Twitter, Threads, launched last week and soon secured over 100 million users. Has Twitter finally met its match? And what will Threads and other competitors mean for the future of the information (and disinformation) economy? 

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