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In his recent op-ed for Foreign Affairs, Joe Biden laid out a spirited defence of US alliance networks and referred to Nato as 'the most effective political-military alliance in modern history' (Photo: state.gov)

Baltics pin hopes on Biden

On a trip to Latvia in 2016, then-vice president Joe Biden told gathered Baltic leaders not to take Donald Trump seriously.

"Don't listen to that other fellow. He knows not of what he speaks", Biden jokingly assured.

A few months later, Trump was in the Oval Office...

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Dr Andris Banka is a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO) at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and has written extensively on Baltic security matters in policy outlets such as War on The Rocks, The Modern War Institute at West Point, World Politics Review, and Euronews.

In his recent op-ed for Foreign Affairs, Joe Biden laid out a spirited defence of US alliance networks and referred to Nato as 'the most effective political-military alliance in modern history' (Photo: state.gov)

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Author Bio

Dr Andris Banka is a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO) at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and has written extensively on Baltic security matters in policy outlets such as War on The Rocks, The Modern War Institute at West Point, World Politics Review, and Euronews.

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