*Chill music plays*
[VO] During each major NATO Summit, the NATO Public Forum is held.
A forum where a few hundred experts, think tanks, journalists, academics...
politicians and youth from all NATO countries... discuss our security.
I'm here to learn more about the decisions that are made at this Summit...
and these decisions are made behind closed doors.
So I'm here in particular to hear what the leaders at this forum have to say about this.
And that is extremely important, because this way, NATO is being transparent...
about what is going on...
and we, the people in the room, can hear about the course NATO is setting.
And that makes it easier to talk or write about it, or do research.
And that is why I'm here.
[VO] They talk about the war in Ukraine, for example...
and about strengthening our collective defence.
But they also discuss the consequences of climate change...
and the impact of cyberattacks.
I'm part of a delegation of young people from fourteen different NATO countries...
that has been traveling through the United States for the past two weeks...
and talked with various think tanks...
policymakers, but also with the local community.
Together we talked about how security issues...
affect their day-to-day lives.
[VO] Everybody can follow the Public Forum live online.
The Public Forum will also be held during the NATO Summit in The Hague.
Check government.nl/nato2025 for more information.