Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States Through Resilience and Resistance
Abstract
The governments and citizens of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuaniathe Baltic statesare subject to daily Russian strategic information operations and propaganda activities that are part of campaigns designed to undermine trust in their institutions, foment ethnic and social tensions, and erode confidence in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)collective defense commitments. These three countries are also vulnerable to low-level, hybrid, and full-scale attacks by Russian special operations and regular military forces deployed close to their borders. In light of these concerns, and given the imbalance between Russian and NATO conventional forces deployed in the Baltic region, these governments and others in the region have been adopting and integrating unconventional concepts into their national defense plans. These conceptsbroadly defined as Total Defense (TD), a whole-of-society approach to national international activity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1086498
Entities
People
- Jan Osburg
- Marta Kepe
- Stephen J. Flanagan
Organizations
- RAND Corporation