eads of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO} member countries agreed, at a summit in Warsaw in July 2016, to deploy as many as 4,000 troops to the Baltic States and Poland in early 2017 as a deterrent to further adventurism in Eastern Europe.” The risks of accidents and intentional skirmishes will inevitably

he discourse he chose, and, even if he changes his tone, he has let loose a storm. We will brace ourselves over here for Putin's eventual takeover of the Baltic States. Putin has extended his power back into Republic of Georgia, the Crimea, and Armenia. Trump has said that he would not come to the aid of Nato allies

ative Hugh Hewitt radio show. Asked whether NATO should be willing to go to war if Russian President Vladimir Putin takes aggressive actions against the Baltic States, Carson said, "We need to convince them to get involved in NATO and strengthen NATO." Except that the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania)

repeatedly echoed the need to protect ethnic Russians in Ukraine—a theme consonant with the Kremlin's rhetoric about Russians everywhere, including the Baltic States. But there was, of course, not one word about the sovereignty of Ukraine, which has been independent since the fall of the Soviet Union, in Decembe

ic regional powers that have at time challenged the protocols of the postwar order. And that pushback has allowed weaker nations- such as Poland or the Baltic States-to escape the orbit of post- Soviet Russia, while in the Pacific ensuring that an Australia, New Zealand, or the Philippines is not bullied into sub