As NATO concluded its July meeting in Washington, D.C., focusing on Russia’s war in Ukraine, Western security, and defense spending, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation marked National Captive Nations Week with our annual Captive Nations Summit.
This year, as the NATO alliance convenes in Washington, the fate of frontline Europe still hangs in the balance. From the Baltics, to Belarus, Ukraine, and the Caucasus, a new Iron Curtain has emerged as formerly captive nations are standing up to the Kremlin, as Ukraine fights for its very existence. And while NATO was formed as a bulwark against communism in Europe at the onset of the Cold War, the alliance now faces a similar threat. Will the free world continue to stand against the Kremlin’s revanchist aims, or will we once more enter an age of captive nations in Europe?
27 сен 2024
