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US (and Other Powers) Woo Central and Eastern Europe: A New Centre of Gravity?
Igor Merheim-EyreRUSI Newsbrief, 20 September 2019
United States, US Defence Policy, Americas, Defence Policy, Europe
The recent US (re)engagement in Central and Eastern Europe is symbolic of the region’s growing role in today’s geopolitics not merely as a space where geopolitics happens, but as emerging players exercising agency and pursuing their own interests.
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