RIGAThe Baltic states and four other former Soviet-bloc countries signed membership agreements with NATO last week, as debate swelled about whether the Cold War security alliance has outlived its usefulness.As many critics in the West have begun to sound the alliance's death knell, Baltic observers refuse to acknowledge that the demise of the organization they have spent over a decade trying to join. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia signed documents that pave the way logistically for enlargement, though legislatures in the 19 member states still must appr...
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