Gravitas | Will Putin Invade Strategic NATO Island in Baltics? Russia's nuclear moves worry NATO

President Putin also said he’s willing to end the war today and keep what he’s conquered so far but nobody is listening

PeterWilliamson-nnet

They ended the cold war with agreements. One of those agreements were not to expand NATO to Russia's borders. What did they do?

p.b.williams

Would you people fail to realize is Nato is not gonna do anything until shit hits the fan and then it’s all in

jamesmoyes

As an American, I wish no war with Russia over Ukraine

Kingishumble

Wion sounds like a CIA and NATO promoter!

maanvol

Hasn't NATO advanced 1000 km towards Russia recently ?

fogbullit

And where is India in this scenario we've been seeing for the past two years? Will India just remain quiet and do nothing? It needs to choose a side, because if the Russia falls, India will be forced to listen to the West.

ykqjbng

Russia can't occupy Swedish / Finnish / Lithuanian islands unilaterally.

chandraaiyar

The World hangs on the edge of annihilation as world leaders play their political and military games.
Observer of international affairs from Adelaide, South Australia.
God bless the human species!

emiliopieroni

Russia has the right to protect itself

rogeralvarado

Why was the USA so successful during the Cold War?

It implemented the Marshall Plan to economically strengthen its partners in Europe.

The USA was the largest economy and opened its market to the products of its allies.

The USA offered its allies a security umbrella with nuclear deterrence through NATO.

As a result, America managed to push back the influence of the Soviet Union on Europe and ultimately win the Cold War.

The alliance between Western Europe and the USA is proving difficult today.

For example, Germany follows a mercantilist economic model and is therefore dependent on cheap energy and large growth markets.

Russia and China can provide both of these for Western Europe like no other country.

The USA, on the other hand, is becoming increasingly less important as an economic partner.

And since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is no serious military threat from Russia to Western Europe.

Nevertheless, tens of thousands of American soldiers are still stationed in hundreds of US military bases and US nuclear weapons are stationed on German soil.

If you look at the situation objectively from the US perspective, America is protecting Europe from the countries with which it has close trade relations.

Europe's core interest, however, is to further expand its economic relations with the USA's biggest competitors.

Don't be blinded by the politicians' rhetoric.

Feelings, shared history, values, culture and traditions play no role at all in whether alliances really work.

What matters is whether the interests coincide.

And it turns out that the interests of Europe and the USA can no longer be reconciled today and this partnership will soon end.

felixf.

Greetings from Finland. We are not worried – we are laughing. 👍

ro--M

Wow, that is a lot of speculation. Gotland? Really?

achilles

As the world rallies behind Ukraine, hope flourishes amidst the trials, painting a future of steadfast resolve.

tonydagraca

I have been wanting to leave this island for YEARS, think this is the call to take my stuff and say bye bye! BEFORE it goes down

_MaryRose_

"Nuclear abitions? Who me? Where? You must be imagining things? " Why are you so scared?

AnthonyAlger

Do not Cry on the outcome. Instead stop creating treats. Otherwise, Russia has the right to use all means to defend itself.

AlemuWAynalem

talk as much as you like, if it happens, global warming wont worry us anymore, nothing will worry us anymore

WightMoon

Since when is redrawing a country's boarder a thing??

melissajackson

When faced with the intrasigence of 33 nations allied against them, one can count that Russia is certainly going to be innovative in her nuclear weapon's strategy. Russia obviously holds the trump card against these European nations. Gotland is a myopic objective for Russia when others may be more effective and strategic.

vjaysan