[ProtectOurFreedom]

That’s a good summary, S&F. Thanks.

Might this expanded military access and influence, but no territory, be Step One in a long play?

[Cobra64]

Yup.

[rxh4n1]

“Might this expanded military access and influence, but no territory, be Step One in a long play?”

How the Soviet Union took the Baltic States. First defense agreements and bases, then full occupation, then annexation.