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The Changing Security Configuration and Balance of Power in the Baltic Region: Implications for Russia

... 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 ... ... the Baltic region; the changes in the region’s security configuration and their implications for Russia; the position of the Baltic states on the Ukraine crisis and its impact on their relations with Russia; and the security of Kaliningrad. The Changing ...

05.10.2023

Security Issues Are Not Resolved by Nervousness

... naval squadron ( BALTRON ) and the Baltic countries’ defence college ( BALTDEFCOL ) in Tartu continue to operate. Sweden, Finland and Norway, together with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and also Ireland, are part of the Nordic Battlegroup, which was ... ... fulfilling the “Petersberg tasks”. Expansion of the sphere of shared or coinciding interests of the northern and Baltic states through various forms of cooperation is intended to add another three countries to the northern European “Big ...

04.03.2015

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U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)