Why the Evacuation of Sebastopol is a Game Changer for NATO and Beyond

Christian Baghai
3 min readOct 15, 2023

In international politics, sometimes a ripple can set off a tidal wave of change. The evacuation of the Russian fleet from Sebastopol, a port city in Crimea, has not only altered the regional balance of power in the Black Sea but also sent reverberations through the corridors of NATO’s headquarters. The narrative of an impenetrable Russian fortress has been fractured…

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