Politics

How the Eastern Flank is unifying politically but ‘core’ Europe holds it back [Analysis]

Stuart Dowell
 17.12.2025, 16:00
Leaders gathered at the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki warned that Moscow intends to turn Central and Eastern Europe into a buffer zone. Photo: PAP/EPA/KIMMO BRANDT
Leaders gathered at the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki warned that Moscow intends to turn Central and Eastern Europe into a buffer zone. Photo: PAP/EPA/KIMMO BRANDT

Eastern Flank Watch links Nordic and Polish defenses, bypassing Brussels inertia