NATO´s General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg is expected to deliver opening remarks on Tuesday at a Public Forum, as a part of the Madrid NATO leaders summit.

Ahead of the summit, the military alliance’s secretary-general said Monday that NATO will increase the strength of its rapid reaction force nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to an “era of strategic competition.” The NATO reaction force currently numbers around 40,000 soldiers, which can deploy quickly when needed.

Coupled with other measures including the deployment of forces to defend specific allies, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the move is part of the “biggest overhaul of collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War.”

Coming on the heels of the G7 Summit, the NATO summit is expected to see the alliance discuss a major strategic shift in order to better deter and counter Russia, following its bloody and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February.

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