NATO multinaitonal brigade exercise, Nov. 5, 2015 (photo: Rui HeLeno/NATO)
Norway, whose former prime minister Jens Stoltenberg is now the alliance secretary-general, has its own border with Russia that it must pay more attention to and potentially reinforce further, according to a Norwegian official. In addition, contributions to NATO’s spearhead force and other alliance missions mean that the Norwegian military has little spare capacity, the official said.