NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels CREDIT: AP Photo/Olivier Matthys It’s been a busy summer in Europe’s capitals. As President Obama prepares to leave the U.S. to join them on Tuesday, the leaders of the member countries of NATO find themselves forced to confront a question that has plagued them since the fall of the Soviet Union: where exactly do the alliance’s priorities lie?