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Working Paper No.76 / 2023
The following working paper examines the current state of security in the Baltic region. It has become clear that there is no going back to the pre-Ukraine crisis balance of power structure. NATO’s expansion into Sweden and Finland can radically transform the political and security landscape in the Baltic region and destroy the established forms of cooperation these states have with Russia. This paper covers: risks and opportunities states face by engaging with ...
... about bases on Danish territory; Norway’s similar bomber role and acceptance of U.S. bases on its territory; heightened tensions in the region (and the Arctic) and,
as I predicted right after Russia’s military operation in Ukraine
, Finland’s and Sweden’s panicking, rushed and fatal decision to join NATO.
Why Sweden and Finland are joining NATO
Andrey Kortunov:
NATO’s Cheek by Russia’s Jowl
Here are some of the possible reasons for this tension-increasing and security-reducing membership ...
On November 16 Sweden’s Ministry of Defense Delegation, namely Jörgen Cederberg, Senior Adviser, Department for Security and International Relations, Ministry of Defense, and Håkan Andersson, Military Adviser, visited Russian International Affairs Council....
... Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in Helsinki in 1975. Incidentally, the principle of neutrality does not prevent Sweden from taking part in NATO operations, such as Afghanistan.
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
Ivan Timofeev:
Russia and ... ... to political frivolity bordering on irresponsibility.
Sooner or later, we will have to start building a new, all-encompassing international security system that is equal for all. And the role in this process of states that are committed to a policy of ...
