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@GTCost After 1945, the SU conquered much of Eastern Europe and kept those countries in subjection until 1989. As soon as they could they all fled to join NATO had the EU. So yes, the SU did need to be deterred and now Russia does too. Deterrence was risky no doubt but it worked. #ColdWar #Deterrence #EasternEurope #RU #SU #NATO #EU

Politically it is not clear if Hungary remains a European country. @magyarpeterMP has become a more “Eastern”-style dictator - like in Belarus. Now the extreme governance disruptions have begun: officials in charge of existential crises just go to the beach. Next: looting. 🇭🇺 #Hungary #PoliticalCrisis #EasternEurope #HU #BY

In some Eastern European countries, indigenous populations came close to becoming a minority as a result of ethnic cleansing, forced Russification, and resettlement policies. Welcoming migrants, perceived as another version of forced change, does not sell https://t.co/ltBMQiuwLe #EasternEurope #EthnicCleansing #MigrationPolicy #EE #RU

The tectonic AI shifts make us wonder about the future of science. There is a precedent, actually. Eastern European science experienced the same level of shock as the Berlin Wall fell. And it never caught up with the west. Don’t underestimate inertia of the scientific culture. #TectonicAI #EasternEuropeanScience #ScientificInertia #EE #DE #US

Moldova belongs in NATO. For too long, Moldova has lived in a dangerous grey zone between democracy and Russian pressure. The people of Moldova deserve the same security guarantees enjoyed by other European democracies. A NATO invitation would strengthen stability in Eastern #MoldovaNATO #EasternEurope #SecurityGuarantees #MD

The Baltic states have lived with Russia's provocative aggression for decades. The current situation is understandably more tense because of the ongoing full-scale war in Europe, but there is nothing fundamentally new about it. I would be more concerned about the readiness of #BalticStates #Russia #EasternEurope #EE #LV #LT #RU #EU

SOUTH AMERICA: COPY THE EASTERN EUROPEAN ECONOMIC MIRACLE NOW! Thirty years ago, many countries of Eastern Europe were poorer, less developed, and less attractive to investors than much of South America. Today, countries like Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Croatia and Bosnia & #EconomicMiracle #EasternEurope #SouthAmerica #RO #BG #PL #HR #BA

The world knows Gdansk as the birthplace of Solidarity. Few know that after the fall of communism, it became home to one of Eastern Europe’s most powerful prostitution empires. The Pimps of Gdansk: true crime from Poland’s criminal underworld. By award-winning journalist #Gdansk #TrueCrime #EasternEurope

Locations of slave raids in Eastern Europe between 1453 and 1777. Between 1453 and 1777, the Crimean Khanate, a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, conducted systematic slave raids, known as the "harvesting of the steppe". Up to 5 millions of Eastern Europeans, primarily Slavs, were https://t.co/prLEpUi26j #SlaveRaids #EasternEurope #CrimeanKhanate #UA #PL #BG #RO #RU #MD

Residents of Galați, Romania, are living in fear following a Russian drone strike that injured two people, with one resident expressing anxiety about returning home after the incident, while Romanian authorities attribute the strike's deviation to Ukrainian air defenses. #Romania #DroneStrike #EasternEurope