I am saying what happens when Russia feels more expansionary, I.e. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia? Why does Finland and Sweden want to join NATO?
In terms of geo-strategy Baltic States or North Sea states are natural allies because they are maritime trading partners. We can reach them and supply them by sea. that is easy. Crossing Europe to fight on the Eurasian plains is a fools errand.
But the CHinese are hoping we fall for the globalist swindle, get bogged down trying to save the Ukraine while they take Taiwan and threaten evereyone else in the region who we can't do much about because we got bogged down in another impossible to get to place like we did in Afghanistan and before that what was it Bush Cheney did.
That's what geopolitics is about. Understand where you have strategic advantages because of geography and where you are at a deficit.