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.
