{"id":301992,"date":"2025-01-16T08:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=301992"},"modified":"2025-01-17T07:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:43:20","slug":"nato-secretary-general-calls-for-wartime-mindset-to-strengthen-defenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=301992","title":{"rendered":"NATO Secretary General Calls for Wartime Mindset to Strengthen Defenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Latifa Ferial Naili \u2013 alNews24.com Jan 15, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mark-rutte-world-ecocomic-forum-dutch-government.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter wp-image-270954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mark-rutte-world-ecocomic-forum-dutch-government.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mark-rutte-world-ecocomic-forum-dutch-government.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mark-rutte-world-ecocomic-forum-dutch-government-480x263.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (pictured above) stated on Wednesday that the most effective way to prevent war is to prepare for it, urging member states to adopt a \u201cwartime mindset.\u201d Speaking at a NATO Military Committee meeting in Brussels, Rutte emphasized the need for increased defense spending and the development of advanced military capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo prevent war, we need to prepare for it. It is time to shift to a wartime mindset. This means we need to make our defenses even stronger by spending more on defense and producing better defense capabilities,\u201d Rutte said.<\/p>\n<p>The Military Committee, NATO\u2019s highest military authority, convened on January 15-16 to discuss bolstering deterrence and defense, expanding global partnerships, and continuing support for Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict. Russia has been identified as \u201cthe most significant and direct threat to NATO allies\u2019 security,\u201d with NATO responding by enhancing its presence near Russian borders, conducting offensive-simulation exercises, and upgrading infrastructure for rapid troop deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko underscored Moscow\u2019s commitment to avoiding direct confrontation, stressing the role of demonstrating military capabilities as a deterrent. NATO\u2019s growing dominance across operational domains and increased proximity to Russia are central points of contention as both sides strengthen their military postures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/al24news.com\/en\/nato-secretary-general-calls-for-wartime-mindset-to-strengthen-defenses\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO secretary General Mark Rutte says that to prevent a war NATO member states must prepare for war <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301992"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302030,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301992\/revisions\/302030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}