Could the Baltic States be the new Ukraine?

03/08/2025 29 min
Could the Baltic States be the new Ukraine?

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Episode Synopsis


The Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – once part of the Soviet Union - are now all members of NATO. But Latvia and Estonia both have large Russian speaking minorities. Analysts worry that Russia could use these minorities as an excuse to impinge on their sovereignty. Could the Baltic States become the new Ukraine and if so, would the rest of NATO invoke article 5 and go to war with Russia?