The Pentagon’s Compelling Arguments

... the NATO Response Force as well as the Trident Joust command and staff exercises in Romania and partly in Bulgaria. In places where there was no need to involve NATO partners... ... began back in summer 2014 and continues to this day with the goal of countering the Russian Federation “ following its military intervention in Ukraine .” Despite... ... frightening activity of NATO and the U.S. in the Baltic nations as well as Central and Eastern Europe, the ultimate goal is not war, but to maintain tensions and mistrust...