Baltic Rim Economies 2/2023
Safety and Security
Security in the Baltic Rim – not just a military threat
"Russian aggression in Ukraine has shown that Russia is willing and able to use every possible means to break all existing international agreements and rules to protect its national interests; or rather, to protect the interests of Mr. Putin and his siloviks."Pekka Toveri
Major General (retired), Member of the Finnish Parliament
Fog of war in Europe
"The distinctions between state, state-sponsored and non-state actors have become blurred. The diversity of security threats has also increased, as the flood of information, misunderstandings and incorrect presuppositions, unpredictability and countless other factors cause situations that are difficult to manage."Marko Palokangas
Military Professor (Military Theory and Warfare), Lieutenant Colonel
National Defence University
Finland
The concept for Comprehensive Security
"There is an identified need for deeper cross-governmental and whole-of-society cooperation on preparedness. We have faced COVID-19, Russian attack to Ukraine, migration and refugee crisis in Europe, Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions at the Baltic Sea and Europe’s energy crisis. Simultaneously the climate change and various hybrid threats are challenging us."Petri Toivonen
Secretary General
The Security Committee, Finland
NATO-Russia: Forming a joint NATO position
"Despite the much-celebrated European unity that emerged at the onset of the Russian war against Ukraine in February 2022, the NATO alliance remains divided or unsettled on how to manage the relationship with Russia, as well as in the future."Gry
Thomasen
Dr.,
Senior Policy Fellow
BASIC
(British American Security Information Council)
London,
UK