Challenges in exploring the Arctic: historical maritime exploration and current realities
Early 19th Century Russian Exploration In the year 1800, Europe had been drawn into the Napoleonic wars, and Russia’s Czar Paul I still had…
Will History Repeat In Swedish-Baltic Security Policy?
Whatever the outcome of the Swedish elections this autumn, very little is likely to change in its foreign and security politics. This, for the simple…
Sweden’s Exposure to Russian Advances in Gotland
Russia’s increasing boldness in Swedish waters and NATO’s growing activity in the Baltic Sea Region again underscore the strategic importance of Gotland, says former…
Putin: A 21st Century Hitler?
The similarities between Hitler’s Germany and Putin’s Russia are striking – and thoroughly disturbing. Will an increasingly stressed Putin push his country towards war,…
The Estonian Defence Model: “Shoot to kill, on the spot!”
Kaliningrad, autumn of 2006. I had just finished up a term as a visiting professor at the old Königsberg, Immanuel Kant University. The last…