The West and the defence of Eastern Europe from potential Russian aggression

Columnist Matt Gurney’s piece in Wednesday’s National Post is republished with permission in the Hungarian Free Press. Mr. Gurney argues that the United States is starting to view Vladimir Putin’s Russia as a real threat to the Baltic states and Eastern Europe more generally. While the West has a major military and economic advantage over Russia, President Putin has been gradually modernizing and investing in the Russian army, making it a force to be reckoned with, as seen most recently in Syria and Ukraine. Mr. Gurney argues that the West must focus more on military readiness, if NATO is to truly defend Eastern Europe.

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Missing the Cold War? You can get a taste of it again in Eastern Europe

I confess to always having had a touch of Cold War envy. As a keen watcher of military and geopolitical affairs, I far prefer the relatively clear and orderly divisions of the superpower rivalry to the gigantic sucking chest wound that is modern international affairs. I’m old enough, barely, to remember the dying days of the…

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