Issue 4/2025: Rebalancing the Baltic Sea region

Much has been said about how Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine has reshaped politics in Europe and beyond. Yet, for the societies of the Baltic Sea region, these shifts are more than security narratives and political statements. They generate fear and apprehension that is felt almost every day. Thus, with Finland and Sweden now members of NATO, which is the strongest defence alliance the West has created, the region finds itself at the centre of a major rebalancing. This new dynamic has seen the states around the Baltic Sea emerge as a new nexus in Europe’s defence and security.