Europe`s Eastern Frontline: The Time of Change

... interoperability because national defense programs may fall out of sync with NATO. Increased nationalism within the CEE increases doubts that supranational bodies can offer them security. A perennial NATO crisis related to the potential vulnerability of CEE countries in the absence of materialized guarantees for collective defense. While NATO plans a defense-in-depth, Russia threatens to rewrite the map around the extremities. These techniques represent a formidable strategic problem. Thus, the CEPA suggests getting back to territorial defense. The SAG describes the cornerstone of the U.S. policy as diminishing Russia's ...