With the demise of the communist-led countries of eastern Europe and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the world breathed easier and we all felt that we would no longer stand permanently on the edge of a nuclear Armageddon. The post-cold war escalation of Nato activities and the encirclement of Russia threatens, once again, to take us back to those precarious times (800 UK troops join Nato force, 27 October). One doesn’t have to be an apologist for Putin to recognise that Russia is being demonised and the recent reinforcement of Nato troops in Estonia and Romania will only increase …read more
Source: The Guardian
