The New Iron Curtain: From Norway to Poland, they prepare to confront Russia

Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new Iron Curtain separates our continent. This steel and concrete barrier, equipped with the latest technology, separates the European democracies from Vladimir Putin's Russia by more than 3,000 kilometers.Journalist Cyril Lewis takes us on an extraordinary journey along this dividing line, from the Arctic ports of Norway, where spy ships prowl, to the forests of Lithuania, where civilians learn how to survive invasion, through Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Poland. Lewis gives voice to those living on the front lines, revealing the brutal reality of hybrid threats: exploitative migration crises, cyberattacks, and persistent aerial invasions.This book explores the psychology of nations haunted by the ghosts of the Soviet past, and now determined to defend every inch of their freedom. The possibility of war against this troubling neighbour, which may have seemed abstract only four years ago, is now being considered with the utmost seriousness. These countries warn that if the dam collapses, all of Europe will have to confront the Russian threat.