Strategic Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region

In this volume, Ann-Sofie Dahl has convened a very strong team of European and American experts to examine security challenges in the Baltic Sea region. As former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen writes in the foreword, this is an "understudied" European security topic. This book impressively helps remedy that shortcoming. -- Stanley R. Sloan, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council and Visiting Scholar, Middlebury College; author most recently of Transatlantic Traumas (2018) and Defense of the West (2016). What a great line up of talent Ann-Sofie Dahl has pulled together to cast fresh light on security challenges looming in the Baltic! As Russia's menace increases, we all need to re-look this crucial neighbourhood and bring the security policies of its free countries into better alignment with, in particular, our energy and other economic policies. Russia even in its weakness is posing new and cunning challenges. Our resilient societies have the means to protect ourselves, but have work to do in figuring out how we collectively meet these challenges. The smart perspectives from this book are a great place to start. -- Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Ann-Sofie Dahl, PhD is Associate Professor of International Relations and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. She is formerly a senior research fellow at the Centre for Military Studies at the University of Copenhagen, and she is the author or editor of several books including the co-edited volume Northern Security and Global Politics: Nordic-Baltic Strategic Influence in a Post-Unipolar World.

Foreword by Anders Fogh RasmussenIntroduction Ann-Sofie Dahl Part 1: The West, Russia, and Baltic Sea Security1. Still the Indispensable Power: The United States and Baltic Sea Security Robert J. Lieber 2. Russia and Baltic Sea Security: A Background Gudrun Persson 3. NATO's Role in Baltic Sea Security: Reestablishing Deterrence, Projecting Stability Jamie Shea 4. The West and Russia: Another Front in the New Cold War? Christopher Coker Part 2: NATO Allies and Baltic Sea Security 5. Are the Baltic States Next? Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Andres Kasekamp 6. Deterring Russia: An A2/AD Strategy in the Baltic Sea Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen 7. Russia as a Challenge in the Baltic Sea Region: A View from Warsaw Justyna Gotkowska 8. Germany: The Silent Baltic StateClaudia Major and Alicia von Voss 9. Norwegian Perspectives on Baltic Sea SecurityHakon Lunde Saxi Part 3: NATO's Nordic Partners 10. The Strategic Role of Gotland Johan Raeder 11. Sweden and Finland: Partnership in Lieu of NATO MembershipAnn-Sofie Dahl 12. Finland and NATO's Renewed Focus on Collective Defense Karoliina Honkanen Conclusion Ann-Sofie Dahl List of Contributors Index