before the second world war. there were, you know, armies sneaking back and forth across this region that included poland, baltic states, ukraine so this is a place that was devastated by the memories of those wars. in the post-communist era, i think there was an attempt by the poles, the hungarians, the baltic states to show they are on the side of the west. they want to create knocks see -- democracy and in a way, kind of pit us against russia in a good-guy/bad-guy mentality and then the attempt to get in the european union where the relationship was a bit more newt that will but after these