the border, seemingly poised to invade ukraine, if nato doesn t repeal some of its recent, what they view, as encrouachment on previous post-soviet space of sphere and security. as you pointed out in your introduction, it could be missile deployment. potentially, maybe not in places like eastern europe, where it s extremely sensitive, because, of course, we ve had allied presences in places like the baltics. that is crucial to maintaining their independence. because they are only a couple hundred clokilometers away frome russian border. but perhaps in places like the black sea. there could also be discussions about conventional arms control. there are three sets of meetings that are set to take place over the course of the week. the big one being in brussels with that russia/nato counsel meeting that will take place mid-week. before that, we ve got a geneva summit with diplomats on both sides. and later on the week, the ose where ukraine will be alongside