NATO to Increase Response Forces to 300,000, Recognize Russia as “Most Significant” Threat to Security

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Monday that the alliance will increase the number of its response forces from 40,000 to 300,000 in what he says is "the biggest overhaul of collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War." This comes as NATO members are set to meet in Madrid this week to adopt a new "Strategic Concept," which will "define the security challenges facing the Alliance and outline the political and military tasks that NATO will carry out to address them."