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Diana Mjeshtri

Diana Mjeshtri is a policy analyst at the Impact Innovation Institute, a research and advisory boutique for sustainable finance and innovation, and a member of the Councilors Program at the Atlantic Council.

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Korpela, Mjeshtri: Should NATO have its own digital currency?

When NATO accepted the new strategic concept last June at the Madrid Summit, there was no mention of digital assets in the new concept paper. At the same time, in light of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, all members agreed to boost their defense spending to counter the threat Russia and other rising powers, such as China, pose to the transatlantic community. With NATO’s Vilnius summit around the corner in July, never in recent decades has the need for securing NATO’s funding been as c