Heartland Hot Map
An armed encroachment seems to be tightening itself around the borders of the Russian Federation. Half of the ring is formed by many of those countries that, less than two decades ago, constituted as the first line of defense by the Warsaw Pact to defend the heart of the Soviet empire. Today, instead, they have turned their guns towards the East after putting on the NATO uniform. Some of them, such as Poland and the Czech Republic, are ready to supply the appropriate territorial component for the realization of the American plan for an anti-missile defense system. Others, like Bulgaria and Romania, have already allowed Washington to exploit their military bases. Countries like Georgia and the Ukraine could, at a moments notice, join NATO.…Read More »
