This is the book.
Here are the two places in Estonia which Russia may take:
First, the Russian speaking border town of Narva:
And the Estonian island of Hiiumaa in the Baltic:
Would NATO (and the U.S.) respond to a Russian attack on NATO territory? Article 5.
The Economist has a review of the book in its latest issue. The review begins:
The job of military scenario planner has never been harder. Just this month Donald Trump has kidnapped Venezuela’s despot, threatened armed action against Colombia, Cuba, Iran and Mexico, started a stand-off with NATO allies over Greenland and finally got his hands on a Nobel peace medal (without winning it). Who could have foreseen all that?
To an alarming degree, war and peace now depend on the whims of a handful of vain old men. Vladimir Putin is determined to add square miles to Russia, no matter how many Russians die or are impoverished in the process. Whether or not China invades Taiwan hinges on Xi Jinping, who craves a chapter in the history books and a chance to honour his late father, who was once the official in charge of reclaiming the island. Mr Trump is the least predictable of all, wielding American firepower willy-nilly to give short-lasting dopamine shots to his own ego.
The review ends:
t is an engrossing and chilling tale. But one risk of writing a book of dire warnings is that, by the time it is published, people may already be expecting worse. If Mr Trump follows through on his recent threats to seize Danish territory, NATO would be sabotaged from within, sparing Mr Putin the bother.
Nonetheless, Mr Masala’s scenario illuminates why Europe needs to take its own defence more seriously. Russia is still a long way from winning on the battlefield, despite devoting half its budget to the war. Alliances such as NATO may yet survive. If the West chooses to let its enemies win, history will not judge its leaders kindly. ■
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This past year has been great for our portfolios. We’ve lived through Liberation Day, Greenland and the Greeland tariffs and the fourth year of the Russia-Ukraine War.
Here’s Nasdaq for the last year.
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See you later. — Harry Newton
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