After the Chicago NATO Summit, More Questions Than Answers?
May 22, 2012 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/585043.jpg?itok=HXxo0Eef)
Last weekend in Chicago, NATO leaders reached a landmark agreement to put the Western alliance on an "irreversible" path out of the decade-long war in Afghanistan and re-affirmed their commitment to withdraw combat forces by the end of 2014.