Suddenly nations in which we have had no long term relationship with are written about as alternatives to the existing order...why? Is the old order dead? Do some want to kill off the old alliance system and substitue in a new one made up of pliant client states?
What groups are funding the publication of said articles-giving them a forum?
That is non-sensical. Either there is an agenda, or there is not. Or it's an American-Lithuanian Jew writing about his recent trip to Lithuania.