title: Eastern Flank of NATO – Analysis of the Eastern Flank on NATO Countries' Military Expenditure
abstract: The Eastern Flank of NATO countries – Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania – are all situated in the neighbourhood of Ukraine and Russia. That is the reason why their security importance for the whole Alliance is increasing in the context of the war in Ukraine. However, there is the question of how the Russian invasion to Ukraine can impact the military expenditure of the mentioned countries. Nonetheless, to answer such a question, there needs to be empiri