... than feared. Pro-NATO advocates had always argued that Russia would protest loudly but eventually accept Swedish and Finnish membership without any significant military countermeasures, as it had done in response to the previous rounds of NATO enlargement. After all, NATO membership for the Baltic...

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...Mark Kramer Nearly every senior official in Poland and the Baltic countries expressed great unease. Political leaders and military commanders in the region increasingly warned that Putin was intent on undermining NATO's resolve to protect their countries. © 2015 Current History. All rights...

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... accession Baltic corruption European Union Latvia NATO Putin Russia Soviet Union Vike-Freiberga east, interest rates stand to fall in most of the CEECs, and the decreasing costs for capital are expected to help foster economic growth in the region generally. Since trade in goods and services...