Friends, But Not Allies: Finland, Sweden, and NATO in the Baltic Sea
Could Sweden and Finland become NATO’s newest members? Russia’s aggressive behavior in the international arena and its enhanced military...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Friends, But Not Allies: Finland, Sweden, and NATO in the Baltic Sea
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Baltic Bulletin
Lithuania Reinstates Conscription: Implications on Security, National Identity, and Gender Roles
In March 2015, the Lithuanian government reinstated conscription, which had previously been suspended in 2008. Each year between 3,000...
Blunting Moscow’s Sword of Damocles Policy in the Baltic Region
The Roman philosopher Cicero recounted how King Dionysius answered a courtier, Damocles, who thought that ruling a realm...
Lithuanian Security Culture: Contrasts and Contradictions
Although NATO and even Scandinavian partners have stepped up efforts to provide security to Eastern Europe over the past...
Lost in Conflation: The Estonian City of Narva and Its Russian-Speakers
Media accounts suggest that the Baltic Sea region is reaching a boiling point. Russian military actions and irredentist aggression...
Putin’s Conundrum: The Baltic Region, Unconventional Threats and a Rising Russia
The provocative Russian actions in the Baltic Sea against the USS Donald Cook last week suggest that Moscow is...
A Baltic Anchor For Weathering Storms
The mounting crises experienced in the past decade by the West have highlighted the many risks Europe faces. The...
Baltic Security And The Nord Stream Two Pipeline
A new natural gas pipeline project agreed between German and Russian companies is causing concern in the Baltic Sea...
Lithuania Moves to Tackle Challenges Posed by Emigration
Over 15% of Lithuania’s population has left the country since it joined the European Union in 2004. Persistent high...
Lithuania Moves to Bolster Electricity Security
Discussions of security in the Baltic states often focus on the countries’ need to control their border with Russia....