The role NATO is playing in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic

The Role NATO is Playing in Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic | NATO Secretary General | GZERO World

What role, if any, does an intergovernmental military alliance like NATO have to play in the coronavirus pandemic? Quite a big one, says Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. "NATO's main task…is to prevent this health crisis from becoming a security crisis." How exactly does such a big organization like NATO accomplish that mission? That's a focus of his conversation with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

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