Is Moldova Europe’s next flashpoint?

Seeing the forest for the trees.

The Boundary between Russia & Turkey on the Bessarabian Frontier, Edward Hertslet, 1875, Foreign Office, Whitehall.

Welcome to this week’s Not in Dispatches, where we take a closer look at Moldova, a small and often overlooked country that is increasing in strategic importance.

Nestled between Ukraine and Romania, Moldova is in a precarious position.

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