Baltic Rim Economies 2/2024

The Baltic Rim Economies 2/2024 focuses on NATO: Present status and forthcoming developments.

In defence of freedom

”In the summer of 2022, Madrid hosted a NATO summit to discuss the new realities in the European security environment. Already five months have passed since Russia initiated a full-scale invasion in neighboring Ukraine. It was a war whose violence, crimes against civilians, number of casualties, and number of refugees reminded of the Second World War. The consequences of this war, whenever it will end or expand, would have a dramatic impact on European and world security comparable to WW2.”

Artis Pabriks
Dr., Director
The Northern Europe Policy Centre
Latvia

A somber 75th anniversary celebration at NATO’s summit in Washington

”All eyes will be on Washington DC on July 9^th 2024 as the now 32 member NATO alliance will come together to celebrate NATO’s 75th anniversary. As alliances go, this 75th anniversary is remarkable in that rarely do alliances stay together, if not enlarge, once the threat that pulled them together dissipates. As the Cold War ended and NATO decided to remain together despite the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, it wasn’t a sure thing that NATO would remain around for its 75^th anniversary. But it survived and is on track to celebrate a 100^th anniversary as well.”

Jim Townsend
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
Washington D.C., USA

Is this Europe’s final wake-up call?

”Our history of European integration in the field of security and defense is marked by slow but steady progress with crises serving as impulses to move forward with smaller and bigger steps.

In recent years, Europe has realized that we are far too dependent on others and far too unable to stand on our own feet. Russia’s annexation of Crimea back in 2014 served as a strong wake-up call. As did Trump’s ‘America first’ policy and the overnight retreat from Kabul.”

Tom Vandenkendelaere
Member of the European Parliament
Chair of the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Defence courses keep up with the times

”Defence courses were established 63 years ago to improve Finnish society’s crisis readiness, awareness of and will for national defence. The long, total war that shook the entire society from 1939 to 1945 required a total defence for the nation to survive. After the war, society adapted to a new situation and circumstances, still keeping in mind the experiences of difficult world war II years. It was on this basis that the planning for Defence Courses began in the late 1950s.”

Kaarle Wikström
Captain (N), Director of National Defence Courses
National Defence University
Finland

Baltic Rim Economies 2/2024

Antti Kaikkonen: Finland, NATO, and the Baltic Sea security

Artis Pabriks: In defence of freedom

Andrei Sannikov: NATO’s challenge in Eastern Europe

Raimundas Karoblis: NATO’s collective defence in the new security environment

Jim Townsend: A somber 75th anniversary celebration at NATO’s summit in Washington

Dominik P. Jankowski: What priorities for the 2024 NATO Summit?

Jukka Kopra: Finland – Guardian of Nato´s Eastern Flank

Tom Vandenkendelaere: Is this Europe’s final wake-up call?

Leonīds Kalniņš: Objectives and reasons for the renewal of compulsory service in Latvia

Robert Brieger: EU-NATO cooperation

Vesa Virtanen: On changing mentality after Finland’s NATO accession

Heinrich Brauss: NATO 75 – Bolstering deterrence and defence

Table of Contents

Antti Kaikkonen: Finland, NATO, and the Baltic Sea security

Artis Pabriks: In defence of freedom

Andrei Sannikov: NATO’s challenge in Eastern Europe

Raimundas Karoblis: NATO’s collective defence in the new security environment

Jim Townsend: A somber 75th anniversary celebration at NATO’s summit in Washington

Dominik P. Jankowski: What priorities for the 2024 NATO Summit?

Jukka Kopra: Finland – Guardian of Nato´s Eastern Flank

Tom Vandenkendelaere: Is this Europe’s final wake-up call?

Leonīds Kalniņš: Objectives and reasons for the renewal of compulsory service in Latvia

Robert Brieger: EU-NATO cooperation

Vesa Virtanen: On changing mentality after Finland’s NATO accession

Heinrich Brauss: NATO 75 – Bolstering deterrence and defence

Nick Childs: NATO/EU: room for maritime manoeuvre in the Baltic?

Kaarle Wikström: Defence courses keep up with the times

Alvydas Šiuparis: Professional military education in the Baltic States

Asta Skaisgirytė: Vilnius NATO Summit: Success for the Eastern Flank

Teija Tiilikainen: NATO’s role in countering hybrid threats

Meelis Oidsalu: Estonia’s two decades in NATO

Piritta Asunmaa: Deterrence and defence in the Baltic Sea region: One year of Finnish NATO membership

Imants Lieģis: From dream to reality to nightmare

Žaneta Ozoliņa: The presence of NATO troops in the Baltic States

Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen: Hedgehogs and Foxes

Håkan A. Bengtsson: Sweden in NATO – the end of non-alignment

Gunilla Herolf: Accession in a time of challenges

Iro Särkkä: Finland and Sweden in NATO – Bridging the gap between hard and soft security in the Baltic Sea region

Kristian Søby Kristensen: NATO’s northern enlargement – consequences for Denmark

Tomas Janeliūnas: A steely gaze, not panic: NATO‘s response to rising anxieties

Hanna Wass & S.M. Amadae: Security and defense policies need dynamic democratic support

Albert Weckman: The formation of security policy attitudes in Finland

Sten Rynning: Will Europe return to balance of power politics?

Tormod Heier: Does NATO prepare for the right war?

Trine Flockhart: Is NATO ready for the multi-order world?

Ludwig Decamps: NATO’s digital transformation: Evolution, assessment and opportunities in the Baltic region

Neville Bolt: The dilemma of strategic communications

Ben O’Loughlin: The role of communication in NATO’s influence

Claire Wardle: Mitigating misinformation – Baltic Rim

Flemming Splidsboel Hansen: The ever-increasing threat from disinformation

Kate Hansen Bundt: Russian imperialism and NATO enlargement

Maria Stenroos: If Putin called you… Finland’s new rhetoric a search for identity

Sarah Wiedemar: NATO Article 5 – Collective defense in cyberspace

Stefan Forss: US and NATO nuclear policy – a Finnish perspective

Caroline Kennedy-Pipe: The impact of IEDs on warfare

Zbigniew Korzeb & Paweł Niedziółka: The importance of natural gas supply security for NATO countries

Kadri Liik: Russia and NATO enlargement

Kari Liuhto: NATO accession harmful for national military spending-GDP ratio before war in Ukraine

Table of Contents

Antti Kaikkonen: Finland, NATO, and the Baltic Sea security

Artis Pabriks: In defence of freedom

Andrei Sannikov: NATO’s challenge in Eastern Europe

Raimundas Karoblis: NATO’s collective defence in the new security environment

Jim Townsend: A somber 75th anniversary celebration at NATO’s summit in Washington

Dominik P. Jankowski: What priorities for the 2024 NATO Summit?

Jukka Kopra: Finland – Guardian of Nato´s Eastern Flank

Tom Vandenkendelaere: Is this Europe’s final wake-up call?

Leonīds Kalniņš: Objectives and reasons for the renewal of compulsory service in Latvia

Robert Brieger: EU-NATO cooperation

Vesa Virtanen: On changing mentality after Finland’s NATO accession

Heinrich Brauss: NATO 75 – Bolstering deterrence and defence

Nick Childs: NATO/EU: room for maritime manoeuvre in the Baltic?

Kaarle Wikström: Defence courses keep up with the times

Alvydas Šiuparis: Professional military education in the Baltic States

Asta Skaisgirytė: Vilnius NATO Summit: Success for the Eastern Flank

Teija Tiilikainen: NATO’s role in countering hybrid threats

Meelis Oidsalu: Estonia’s two decades in NATO

Piritta Asunmaa: Deterrence and defence in the Baltic Sea region: One year of Finnish NATO membership

Imants Lieģis: From dream to reality to nightmare