Solid analysis from @minna_alander. I should add that 2004-2009, Germany blocked *any* contingency planning for the Baltic States. None was allowed.

It isn't just Poland's PiS that distrusts Germany, @thorstenbenner. No hard right governments up here.

https://warontherocks.com/2022/12/natos-nordic-enlargement-contingency-planning-and-learning-lessons/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1601905075907366917