Stan Says: Throughout the Soviets history the use of third powers or proxy wars – weather hot (fighting) or cold (destabilising) has never been an issue. From Country after Country, going Communist, as powers like France and Britain gave back independence across the globe.

Today, we see tensions all along our eastern flank and a detailed report from the Atlantic Council shows to me NATO is needed more than ever and Countries like Germany must play in to a vital organisation which has kept the peace for over seventy years.

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