“The central finding of the Coming Storm report is that the nine ‘front-line states’ – the Nordic five (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), the Baltic three (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and Poland – need to end their ‘strategic incoherence’ in the face of a multi-pronged and sustained military, propaganda and espionage offensive from Russia. Though these countries – which the report calls the NBP9 – have a combined GDP one-third greater than Russia’s, their generally weak defense spending and poor coordination makes them highly vulnerable to Russian threats.”
Source: New CEPA Report on Baltic Sea Security: The Coming Storm | CEPA
