The Baltics Is Not the Balkans, But Apprehension Is Growing

... directly confronts Western countries, remains alarming The situation in the Baltic region, where Russia directly confronts Western countries, remains alarming, although current events there do not arouse the same interest as did Swedish and Finnish ... ... suffer from only modest internal contradictions and frictions. The situation is more comparable to that which was in Central Europe in the 1950s–1980s: a direct confrontation between two blocs, not separated by any buffer states or neutral zones. Currently,...