Rob Bauer

He described the strategy as a shared vision rather than a military plan, drawing on a concept adopted by all thirty-two members and on lessons from the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Meanwhile, speaking to Poland's public broadcaster TVP World, retired Admiral Rob Bauer of the Royal Netherlands Navy commented that Grynkewich's address contained a reassuring message for the European allies.

If this is from the White House as well, and not just from Supreme Allied Commander Europe, then it means that the US is still all in and is still supporting Article five, which is doubted by a lot of people.

So to hear that in this way, in this clear way, not just in a confidential meeting during a summit or in the NATO headquarters, but this is out in the public, is very important.

The European Union Defense and Space Commission said, if we continue to be afraid of Russian escalation, we'll encourage Putin to escalate more.

Time and time again, the speakers at this forum will be saying, I mean, the ex-NATO military committee chair, Admiral Rob Bauer said, our whole of society, he's talking about Western Europe, I presume, our whole of society effort must now be structured to withstand a hot conflict with Russia.

These people are so...

I'm going to double down.