The Baltic Rim Economies 2/2023 focuses on Safety and Security issues in the Baltic Sea Region.
”Russian aggression in Ukraine has shown that Russia is willing and able to use every possible means to break all existing international agreements and rules to protect its national interests; or rather, to protect the interests of Mr. Putin and his siloviks.”
Pekka Toveri
Major General (retired), Member of the Finnish Parliament
”The distinctions between state, state-sponsored and non-state actors have become blurred. The diversity of security threats has also increased, as the flood of information, misunderstandings and incorrect presuppositions, unpredictability and countless other factors cause situations that are difficult to manage.”
Marko Palokangas
Military Professor (Military Theory and Warfare), Lieutenant Colonel
National Defence University
Finland
”There is an identified need for deeper cross-governmental and whole-of-society cooperation on preparedness. We have faced COVID-19, Russian attack to Ukraine, migration and refugee crisis in Europe, Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions at the Baltic Sea and Europe’s energy crisis. Simultaneously the climate change and various hybrid threats are challenging us.”
Petri Toivonen
Secretary General
The Security Committee
Finland
”Despite the much-celebrated European unity that emerged at the onset of the Russian war against Ukraine in February 2022, the NATO alliance remains divided or unsettled on how to manage the relationship with Russia, as well as in the future.”
Gry Thomasen
Dr., Senior Policy Fellow
BASIC (British American Security Information Council)
London, UK
”Russian aggression in Ukraine has shown that Russia is willing and able to use every possible means to break all existing international agreements and rules to protect its national interests; or rather, to protect the interests of Mr. Putin and his siloviks.”
Pekka Toveri
Major General (retired), Member of the Finnish Parliament
”The distinctions between state, state-sponsored and non-state actors have become blurred. The diversity of security threats has also increased, as the flood of information, misunderstandings and incorrect presuppositions, unpredictability and countless other factors cause situations that are difficult to manage.”
Marko Palokangas
Military Professor (Military Theory and Warfare), Lieutenant Colonel
National Defence University
Finland
”There is an identified need for deeper cross-governmental and whole-of-society cooperation on preparedness. We have faced COVID-19, Russian attack to Ukraine, migration and refugee crisis in Europe, Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions at the Baltic Sea and Europe’s energy crisis. Simultaneously the climate change and various hybrid threats are challenging us.”
Petri Toivonen
Secretary General
The Security Committee
Finland
”Despite the much-celebrated European unity that emerged at the onset of the Russian war against Ukraine in February 2022, the NATO alliance remains divided or unsettled on how to manage the relationship with Russia, as well as in the future.”
Gry Thomasen
Dr., Senior Policy Fellow
BASIC (British American Security Information Council)
London, UK
