Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States: What it Takes to Win

Abstract

Put most plainly, the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) confront three related challenges in deterring Russian aggression in the Baltics (and, more generally, wherever NATO territory may be threatened). Solving all three of these is vital to achieving core American objectives in Europe, which have been consistent and strong, through Republican administrations and Democratic, liberal and conservative, since 1945: ensure peace and stability, support democratic and market forces, and prevent the use of armed force to coerce the free people of Europe or to alter established borders. In this context, winning mean sputting in place the wherewithal to effectively deter any Russian adventurism aimed at NATO member states by being prepared to deny Moscow its objectives without escalating to the first use of nuclear weapons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1028526

Entities

People

  • David A. Shlaoak

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Central Europe
  • Command And Control
  • Europe
  • Governments
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Public Policy
  • Training
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies