Overview
- At the Frankfurt Book Fair, Jens Stoltenberg presented “Auf meinem Posten,” a memoir spanning his ten years as NATO secretary‑general.
- He says the book draws on conversation transcripts, office records and his own notes to deliver an unusually open insider account.
- The narrative covers NATO’s responses to Russia’s seizure of Crimea, the Afghanistan withdrawal, the full‑scale war in Ukraine and rising tensions with Russia and China, with scenes from meetings with Merkel, Trump, Putin and Zelensky.
- He characterizes the work as a love letter to NATO and to international cooperation.
- In public remarks he said President Trump ultimately strengthened NATO by pressing for higher defense spending, backed engaging Russia only from a position of strength without bypassing Ukraine, and noted he will chair the next Munich Security Conference while serving again as a Norwegian minister.