Since 2022, there has been a heightened strategic and diplomatic interest in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. That’s hardly surprising, since the war in Ukraine borders seven of them—Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and of course Russia. But there are other reasons too. President Biden’s visit to Kyiv, his speech in Warsaw, and his meeting with the “Bucharest Nine”, to discuss strengthening NATO’s eastern flank, have all aroused curiosity about a shift of policy on the war. And if so, in what direction? One reason for this speculation is the contrasting tone of Biden’s Warsaw speech in…