NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said they did not see Russia as a “threat” and that they did not want a new “Cold War”, during a speech he made following the defense secretaries' meeting in Brussels. However, NATO's policies in Eastern Europe, the Baltic and the Black Sea resemble the “Cold War.” Russia's role in the Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea, the Baltic borders, and Russia increasing its troops in the Kaliningrad region (a Russian area between Poland and Lithuania) are all indications that suggest the “Cold War” has already started.