Facing War

Jens Stoltenberg had planned to step down after nine years in the powerful position of NATO Secretary General. The 65-year-old politician had packed his bags to go home to his wife in Norway, as he had promised her. But then Joe Biden called and asked him to stay another year. Because in a troubled world, an experienced leader is needed more than ever. With unprecedented access, we follow Jens Stoltenberg through his last year as Secretary General of NATO.

Jens Stoltenberg

(Self - Secretary general, NATO)

Sissel Kruse Larsen

(Self - Media advisor, NATO)

Dylan White

(Self - Deputy spokesperson, NATO)

Joe Biden

(Self - President of the United States)

Randi Ness

(Self)

Stian Jenssen

(Self - Chief of Staff, NATO)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

(Self - President of Ukraine)

Ulf Kristersson

(Self - Prime minister of Sweden)

Krisztián Meszárós

(Self - Deputy director, NATO)

Oana Lungescu

(Self - Spokesperson, NATO)

Mark Rutte

(Self)

Ben Norman

(Self - Deputy director, NATO)

António Costa

(Self)

Kaja Kallas

(Self)

Antony Blinken

(Self)

Lorenz Meyer-Minnemann

(Self - Deputy chief of staff, NATO)

Emmanuel Macron

(Self)

Ursula von der Leyen

(Self)

Rishi Sunak

(Self)

Thorvald Stoltenberg

(Self - Fmr foreign minister of Norway)

Karin Stoltenberg

(Self - Wife of Thorvald Stoltenberg)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

(Self - President of Turkey)

Edi Rama

(Self)

Gjermund Eide

(Self)

Jonas Gahr Støre

(Self - Prime minister of Norway)

Rob Bauer

(Self)

Allision Hart

(Self - Deputy director, NATO)

Gabrielius Landsbergis

(Self - Foreign minister of Lithuania)

Margus Tsahkna

(Self - Foreign minister of Estonia)

Péter Szijjártó

(Self - Foreign minister of Hungary)

Radoslaw Sikorski

(Self - Foreign minister of Poland)

Dmytro Kuleba

(Self - Foreign minister of Ukriane)

Annalena Baerbock

(Self - Foreign minister of Germany)

Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš

(Self)

Andrew Grey

(Self)

Matt Van Wagenen

(Self - Major General, NATO)

Tom Goffus

(Self - Assistant secretary general, NATO)

Olena Yalova

(Self)

Lina Sanchez

(Self)

Farah Dakhlallah

(Self)

Elina Valtonen

(Self - Foreign minister of Finland)

David Cameron

(Self - Foreign secretary of the UK)

Viktor Orbán

(Self - Prime minister of Hungary)

János Máté

(Self - State secretary of Hungary)

Nancy Pelosi

(Self)

Mitch McConnell

(Self)

Ethan Rosenzweig

(Self - Chief of protocol, US)

Jan Jeffrey

(Self)

Giorgia Meloni

(Self - Prime minister of Italy)

Milojko Spajić

(Self - Prime minister of Montenegro)

Keir Starmer

(Self)

Alexander Stubb

(Self - President of Finland)

Fatima Abushanab

(Self)

Justin Trudeau

(Self)

Mélanie Joly

(Self)

Olaf Scholz

(Self)

Andriy Yermak

(Self)

Ingrid Schulerud

(Self - Wife of Jens Stoltenberg)