Europe on a knife edge as old tensions begin to mount

With EU member states Poland and the Czech Republic caught in the middle of renewed conflict between Russia and the US, their role may have a significant bearing on how this particular drama unfolds.

With EU member states Poland and the Czech Republic caught in the middle of renewed conflict between Russia and the US, their role may have a significant bearing on how this particular drama unfolds.

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was confounded to discover that, despite taking the side of the Allies, he was going to be cut out of the fruits of victory.

His ambition ...