Big League Politics by Jose Nino
During a statement he gave before reporters on June 29, 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the military alliance’s encroachments into Eastern Europe since 2014 were done to effectively contain Russia.
“The reality is also that we have been preparing for this since 2014,” Stoltenberg stated. “That is the reason that we have increased our presence in the eastern part of the alliance, why NATO allies have started to invest more in defense, and why we have increased [our] readiness.”
The NATO leader proclaimed that Russia has been “using force in the eastern Donbass since 2014.” …
