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20/04/2018

Scandinavia, a geopolitics marked by the maritime (DIEEEO46-2018)

The Scandinavian Peninsula stands between Northwestern Russia and the open waters of the Atlantic, providing its owner with an obvious control of Russia´s Northwestern maritime approaches, both through the Baltic and as well the Arctic. It is precisely Russia’s nowadays assertiveness towards Northern Europe the defining element of security in the area, and so it shapes the security and defense policy of the Scandinavian nations. The crisis in Ukraine has confirmed a change in Russia's strategy in its relations with the West, to confrontation, which has led to a major shift in the perception of Russia, now it is thought a risk for stability in Europe. Moreover, the problem of security in the Nordic region is related to the own Russian perception about risk, which in turn is conditioned by the impossible problem of controlling its Northwestern maritime approaches.

Author:  Alejandro Mackinlay

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