Wolfgang Richter: Establishing Whether the Other Side Has Hostile Intent Is Critical for De-escalation
... look at the conflicts in Ukraine or Syria, you will find that the high-tech weapons we envisioned for the future are not being used. Rather, the weapons being used are conventional, have been around for the last 30–40 years and are limited by the CFE Treaty (Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe). Nonetheless, Russia has suspended all the CFE Treaties and NATO has failed to ratify the adaptation agreement necessary because of its enlargement to the East. The Baltic states never joined ...