“As long as NATO changes when the world is changing, we will be very important for the security of all our allies, including the United States.” WorldLongImportantSecurityNato Author:Jens Stoltenberg
“After many, many years of decline in defense spending across Europe and Canada, in 2016, we saw the first significant increase. We still have a long way to go, but at least European allies have kind of started move in the right direction.” KindLongMovingSignificant Author:Jens Stoltenberg
“The most important thing is to build local capacity, meaning train local forces, build the local defense institutions, defense ministries, command and control, because, in the long run, it is expected that local forces are stabilizing their own country, fighting terrorism themselves, instead of NATO deploying a large number of combat troops in combat operations.” LongImportantCountryRunningFightingTrainTerrorismNato Author:Jens Stoltenberg
