That article is from Jan 2022 though, has anything changed since then?
I was concerned that Russia had its eye on the Suwalki Gap around the time but since then I haven't seen any real movement towards the Gap to the Baltic states.
I was concerned that Russia had its eye on the Suwalki Gap around the time but since then I haven't seen any real movement towards the Gap to the Baltic states.
There was a concerning level of global instability starting to bubble even before COVID hit. The US military didn't suddenly lose the ability to deter Russia in 2022. And China's growing military budget is also related because the US can't realistically manage a whole bunch of theatres simultaneously - so the Europeans are re-arming.
Of course the realignment caused by the Europeans having significant militaries can only be positive for EU-US relations. I can really only see the Europeans using their military to defend against the sort of aggressors who would go in and blow up things like the Nord Stream pipeline so there wouldn't be any cause for tension with the Americas.
What is your point exactly?