This week's NATO meeting in Madrid will take place against the backdrop of a new, as yet unmilitary, escalation. At the epicenter of the conflict is the Suwalki corridor, or the Suwalki gap as it is also known. The gap is in Russia's area of interest. It is a 100-kilometre strip separating the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which is armed to the teeth, from Russia's ally Belarus. On one side is Lithuania, on the other Poland. If Russia is the first to block those 100 kilometers from both sides, then NATO access and the Article 5 land aid promised to all the Baltic States is cut off.
27.jun 2022
Imants Vīksne