Security dilemmas of the Baltic region

• Authors: Anna Antczak , Zdzisław Śliwa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the paper is to provide an analysis of security in the Baltic region, regarding the decision taken by NATO toward strengthening the security of the Baltic region when facing the threat from the East. It looks deeper into geostrategy as one of the keys to understand the vagaries of security dilemmas in the Baltic area. The article presents a situation analysis from both the Baltic states’ and NATO’s perspectives, having as a background recent actions undertaken by Russia.

Keywords

EN

Baltic region; security; Russian Federation; NATO; deterrence

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 119-134

Dates

published

2018-12-12

Contributors

author

Anna Antczak

• University of Finance and Management in Warsaw

author

Zdzisław Śliwa

• University of Lower Silesia Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/ssp.2018.3.8