A Broken Promise, Part 2

Under the rubble is a war of narratives.

A major trigger for the expansion of N.A.T.O. (The North Atlantic Trade Organization) was the death of the Warsaw Pact. Another more nuanced trigger was the objective loss of Russian influence. In a dark period for the federation, former Soviet satellites scrambled for security. The glow of democracy was brightening.

In creating the Warsaw Pact, the Sovi…