NATO Chicago Summit (Day One)
May 20, 2012 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/nato%20summit%202012_cropped_1_0.jpg?itok=_qrsuj2P)
As expected, issues relating to the war in Afghanistan are front and center on the first day of the NATO Chicago Summit.
As expected, issues relating to the war in Afghanistan are front and center on the first day of the NATO Chicago Summit.
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This backgrounder addresses some of the ways Iran is bypassing sanctions—specifically, how and to whom Iran can still sell its oil, alternative methods for processing payments for oil, and how it can transport oil to its customers.