Gotland, Sweden, on the Baltic Sea, photo by Erik Anestad via Flickr CCBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,027, December 4, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Russia and Sweden have fought 12 wars over the course of their histories. In recent years, relations have grown tense once again between the expansionist superpower and the peaceable Scandinavian state. At issue is the Baltic Sea as an energy source.
Last April, in a move that has been repeated quite a few times over the past couple of years, the Swedish authorities issued a warning to civilian maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea. The warning was about military …read more