baltic states defence and security - the unhappy reality glen grant former defence attaché...
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Baltic States Defence and Security - the Unhappy Reality
Glen Grant
Former Defence Attaché Helsinki, Tallinn and Riga, And NATO liaison officer in the Balkans
What did we expect ?
What we got!
But we were warned life would be rough!
The Baltic Sea Area Reality
• Baltic military co-operation a damp squid and little else. • Estonia militarily proud, arrogant and hopelessly out of
touch. Still thinking in 1914.• Lithuania trying really hard but politically wants more
than it can afford• Finland – grappling with history and Tarja Halonen –
would fight if they were allowed – Army now going stale• Sweden – Air Force and Navy good but Army living in a
military fantasy world untouched by reality• Poland – perhaps the only regional military hope
So where does this place Latvia?
What to do?