'Putin is a dictator and we have to confront him,' Munich Security Conference head

As NATO sets its course in terms of defensive strategy in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine, Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, told DW that NATO's new strategic concept is the right course of action and has come as a result of Russian aggression.

"NATO's strategic concept reflects the reality of the ground," he told DW. "NATO's has to adapt its strategy. And I think this is the right response. Now we have Russia as an enemy. Russia as a country that violates international law. Russia that is committing war crimes. NATO has to respond to this."