Strategic Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region

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 Persson3. 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 Dahl12. Finland and NATO's Renewed Focus on Collective Defense Karoliina Honkanen Conclusion Ann-Sofie Dahl List of Contributors Index

This book is recommended to anyone interested in the subjects of international relations, international conflict, and/or security and politics— especially to military personal, governmental officials involved in defense, and academicians and students of international relations.