The military security of the Baltic Region and the NATO military infrastructure approximating the border of the Russian Federation

Ковалев, А.А.; Балашов, А И

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“…In the National Security Strategy of the United States approved by Donald Trump in December 2017, much more emphasis than in similar earlier documents is placed on encouraging allies and partners among 'frontline states' on the eastern flank of NATO to "better defend themselves". 3 The US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 2019, as well as its pulling out of the Open Skies Treaty (OST), which President Trump announced in May 2020, also contributed to a serious erosion of American leadership in shaping Western political priorities on the NATO eastern flank. The main pretext for US withdrawing from OST was directly related to the Baltic Sea region and came down to Russia's restrictions on inspection flights over the Kaliningrad region.…”

Section: What Is Behind the Us Interest In The Baltic Sea Regionmentioning

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The evolution of US political priorities in the Baltic sea region in the 2010s

Smirnov¹

2020

Balt. Reg.

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The fundamental geopolitical changes in the Baltic Sea region after the end of the Cold War caused the United States to revise its priorities in that part of the world. The process became especially apparent in the second decade of the 21st century when the Ukraine crisis brought to light the consequences of NATO and EU enlargement to the former Warsaw Treaty allies and the Baltic States. This article shows how the US, motivated by the need to ‘contain’ Russia, was developing its overall approaches to ensuring its political leadership in the Baltic region. It demonstrates how Washington is planning to reduce the vulnerability of certain nations of the region to Russia’s military and non-military influence and what steps the US and its NATO allies have taken in this direction. It is argued that, although the Western military buildup in the Baltic Sea region and the US attempts to neutralise Russian ‘hybrid’ instruments are unable to increase substantially the defence capabilities of NATO allies in the Baltic, the security dynamics in the region are likely to turn it into an arena for a struggle between Russia and the West. Russia will benefit from seeing the Baltic region nations not as tools in the Russian-US confrontation, but as partners in regional cooperation aware of their own interests.

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Section: What Is Behind the Us Interest In The Baltic Sea Regionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The evolution of US political priorities in the Baltic sea region in the 2010s

Smirnov¹

2020

Balt. Reg.

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The military security of the Baltic Region and the NATO military infrastructure approximating the border of the Russian Federation

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The evolution of US political priorities in the Baltic sea region in the 2010s

The evolution of US political priorities in the Baltic sea region in the 2010s

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