THE INSIDER. Exploring NATO‘s weak flank: “If all those countries have to go to the front together, you will have a huge handicap”
Nowhere is the Russian threat more palpable than in the Baltic states. And one specific place is being watched with suspicion: the Suwalki corridor. That is the only land connection between the Baltic states and NATO partners, enclosed by Russian and Belarusian territory. If Russia has bad intentions, it can quickly take over that corridor. Our reporter Pieter Lesaffer went on a road trip to NATO’s Achilles heel and saw how they prepare for a possible threat.
