Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are seen, at least in the security dimension, as a region with an overall unified voice. The four belong to the EU and NATO, and are recognized as high performing former communist countries. They also have typically approached the EU’s Eastern Partnership in a similar manner, with Poland as its co-founder and the three Baltic states actively promoting closer cooperation between the EU and EaP countries. However, despite the common outlook on NATO’s Eastern Flank and increased U.S. military presence that exists among the group, cracks in their approach to the EU’s East are emerging.
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