NATO Taps Norway’s Stoltenberg to Deal With Russia, Afghans

NATO picked former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as its next civilian leader, as the western military alliance confronts a more assertive Russia and winds down the war in Afghanistan.

Stoltenberg, 55, will become the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 13th secretary general and first Norwegian to hold the post, representatives of the 28 allies decided today in Brussels. He will take over from Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark in October for a term of four years.