Glenn Diesen citerar : "Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen optimistically announced that NATO expansion in Scandinavia would enable NATO to block Russia’s access to the Baltic Sea in a conflict: “After the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, the Baltic Sea will now be a NATO sea… if we wish, we can block all entry and exit to Russia through St. Petersburg”.[2]
[2] Lrt, ‘Putin's plan includes Baltics, says former NATO chief’, Lrt, 19 July 2022. (The Lithuanian public broadcaster, Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), is the media group that is owned by the public.)
Victoria Nuland played a significant role in the U.S. foreign policy, particularly concerning Russia, Ukraine, and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Nuland participated in negotiations between Russia and NATO in the '90s, as well as in talks between Russia and Ukraine in 2016 and 2022. She recently left the State Department, so now she can share a lot of new insights.
Vuoden 2020 sotaa on kutsuttu maailman ensimmäiseksi droonisodaksi, koska miehittämättömillä lennokeilla oli merkittävä – joidenkin mielestä jopa ratkaisevan tärkeä osuus – Azerbaidzanin sotilaallisessa voitossa. Sodassa Turkki tuki läheisintä liittolaistaan. Droonit olivat pääosin turkkilaista alkuperää.