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Originally Posted by SNowblind There is also a possibility of Russia in the next century re-incorporating the former USSR provinces, such as Kazakhstan, Eastern bloc states, etc.... |
I partly agree with you on this one however as long as the former eastern block states are incorporated into the EEC/EU and NATO the Russians will hold back and think twice.
We are facing an interesting scenario if the Russians run out of natural resources - the Northern parts of Norway and Sweden (iron ore and other minerals, oil, fish, wood from Finland, etc) may be of interest just not because of the natural resources but the strategic coast lines to the Atlantic Ocean. The old Cold War scenario yet again on the Northern Front.