Jens Stoltenberg Accepts 2023 Kissinger Prize, Warns Against U.S.-Europe Drift
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 5
Jens Stoltenberg Accepts 2023 Kissinger Prize, Warns Against U.S.-Europe Drift
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 5
Summary
At a 2023 gala in Berlin, then-NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg used his Kissinger Prize acceptance speech to warn against taking the transatlantic alliance for granted.
Stoltenberg said the U.S.-Europe relationship was strong enough to withstand changing political winds, citing shared history, traditions and values.
He also cautioned that some favor a path of reduced mutual dependence, one that could gradually pull America and Europe apart.
The remarks framed transatlantic unity as durable but not automatic, underscoring the political limits of compromise inside the alliance.