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Will Putin’s colossal miscalculation with Ukraine whet or dull his appetite for the Baltic states?

LAAS LEIVAT

Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, in a New York Times op-ed in March, stated that irrespective of Russia’s monumental blunder, the Kremlin must not be allowed to enjoy even the tiniest delusion that their aggression was justified and successful.

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Kallas put it bluntly: “Mr. Putin cannot win this war. He cannot even think he has won, or his appetite will grow.”

When the Soviet Union imploded, we were convinced that the Cold War was truly over. It seems that it was just dormant. We expected Europe to be free and undivided.

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