Location: RUSI WhitehallThe crisis in Ukraine and the resurgence of a belligerent, yet vulnerable, Russia has alarmed the whole of Europe. However, the threat posed by President Putin’s regime is felt particularly acutely in the countries closest to Russia. As NATO increasingly dedicates its resources to the defence of the Baltic states from Russian hybrid warfare there are growing conversations in Helsinki and Stockholm about the security of the Baltic Sea, and the question of possible NATO membership. As Russia seeks to replace the politics of liberal self-determination with the politics of the sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and …read more
Source: Royal United Services Institute