The Role of Sweden and Finland in NATO's Defence of The Baltic States

  • 2016-04-29
  • Luke Coffey, Daniel Kochis
This article was first published on heritage.org, and The Baltic Times was given republishing rights.  Militarily speaking, the three Baltic States—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—are isolated from other NATO members. It would be extremely difficult, but not impossible, for NATO to respond to an incident in the Baltic region without the acquiescence of non-NATO Finland and Sweden. Russia knows this—and exploits this weakness to its advantage. The U.S. must plan for any contingency in the Baltic region, including one that sees Finland and Sweden refus...
 
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