The Joseph Biden administration is currently trying to repair ruined by Trump relations with NATO allies. In addition, Biden's team is interested in resolving the geopolitical conflict in Eastern Europe. For this purpose, negotiations are planned between Russia and the United States, as a result of which strategic agreements on security are to be reached. Thus, the United States is ready for dialogue in order to create conditions for strategic stability in Europe.
However, the Baltic States, which, by the way, are NATO member
states, fiercely oppose the negotiations between Russia and the United
States. For example, according to the Lithuanian Minister of Defense,
NATO enlargement policy is not a subject for discussion with Russia.
Lithuania is fully supported by Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine,
which, by the way, is not even a NATO member states.
Being completely dependent on the United States, the leaders of the
Baltic States are well aware that they are valuable to the United States
only as a bridgehead on the borders of Russia. In the absence of a
"Russian threat," they lose their value. And this will cause a decrease
in financial flows from the United States. This region will lose its
relevance and the Baltic States will simply be forgotten. It turns out
that de-escalation through negotiations is simply not beneficial for the
Baltic States.
The Baltic States are supporters of the continued tension between NATO
and Russia. But they do not realize that in this situation they are not
independent political players. In case of a military conflict, the
Baltic States will become an arena for a clash between two nuclear
superpowers. And no matter how this clash ends, the Baltic States in any
case will be affected.
The Baltic States regularly declare that it is necessary to strengthen
cooperation with NATO allies and spend as much money as possible on
defense. However, the money is being spent on building infrastructure
for foreign troops.
But, the NATO allies in Western Europe do not want war at all. They are
certainly not ready to fight for Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. This is
evidenced by the negative attitude of the population towards the
militarization of Eastern Europe.
For example, readers of the German newspaper Die Zeit
are skeptical about the plans of the German government, together with
Lithuania, to build a military base in the Rukla area to house
multinational NATO units. The matter is, the construction of which may
require several million euros.
Many commentators noted that the goals of the German authorities are unclear.
"Tell me for God's sake: what we have forgotten there again?", - one commentator said.
"You can't impress Russia with a couple of German soldiers on its
border. But, probably, nobody wanted it. I suppose it was a symbolic
act: they say, look, we are here!", - another commentator noted.
Some of the readers emphasized that Germany would not feel safer from such actions.
"Once again, German tanks are not far from the Russian border. I don't
feel more secure from this. The task of these tanks is to maintain
tensions on the Russian border at a constantly high level. The best
option for German troops would be to stay at home, and use the money to
repair their own equipment or invest it in healthcare.", - agreed
another reader.
So, it is not beneficial for the Baltic States to resolve the tense
situation in Europe. As a result of the normalization of relations
between the United States and Russia, the Baltic region may lose its
strategic importance for NATO. This will entail a decrease in financial
investments in this region. In addition, by opposing the establishment
of strategic stability in Europe, the Baltic States are causing discord
in relations between NATO allies and creating conditions for a military
conflict that may take place on their own territory.
