Building behind me. The venue for this edition of global questions. It is Blackheads House. Latvians had hoped they had put their turbulent history of occupations behind them. When theyjoined the European Union along with fellow Baltic States, lithuania and estonia. But russias Annexation Of Crimea has reawa kened concerns about moscows ambitions and whether nato could protect them if russia were to interfere in their affairs. In the last few months, there has been a build up of nato troops in the region, with british units leading the effort in estonia, close to the russian border. If moscow and washington were to reset relations, would that leave the Baltic States feeling more exposed . Putin and trump, a new era . Welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from riga, the capital of latvia. Were at the Blackheads House in the heart of the old town. I am joined by an esteemed panel and a wonderful audience, some of them are from here in latvia but others have travelled to be