Summary: Britain, Germany and the US have agreed a plan to send around 4,000 NATO soldiers to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, a decision that is likely to anger Russia. It is NATO's biggest military build-up in the region since the end of the Cold War. And although the troops will effectively sit near Russia's border, NATO's secretary general says the alliance is not trying to start a new Cold War. NATO says the deployment is needed to deter an increasingly aggressive Russia. It is one of a number of measures being implemented by the North Atlantic alliance to make sure its member states in eastern Europe feel secure. They include the creation of a 40,000-strong rapid reaction force as well as a so-called Spearhead force that could be deployed in a matter of days. But will this deter what NATO calls an increasingly hostile Russian policy in the region? Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: Vladimir Sotnikov - Strategic Analyst at the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Ted Seay - Senior Policy Consultant for the British American Security Information Council. Magnus Nordenman - Director of the Transatlantic Security Initiative. - Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
