Svein Efjestad, the policy director at Norway’s defense ministry, discusses lessons from NATO’s Trident Juncture 2018 exercise the country hosted, balancing the Atlantic alliance and Nordic Defense Cooperation, emerging threats like China, cyber and 5G, and the Trump administration’s Cost Plus 50 proposal with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking 10th anniversary of the Nordic Defense Cooperation agreement improve collaboration among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
