@Walter Hinteler,
Walter,
You appear to be suggesting that the award of a prize by a German NGO to the Baltic States will somehow inhibit Russian aggression to these Baltic states, which were once part of the Russian, and later Soviet, empires. Is that, rather laughable, proposition your real meaning here?
My points above were that drawing Russia more into European affairs ( with a long range view beyond Putin) was indeed in western interests. However in the current situation that requires a better armed and operationally ready European NATO military force - something which doesn't exist today. Given the relative sizes of their economies, that is something the European powers should be able to do quite easily. That they haven't done so is quite remarkable.