Swedish Military Solidarity Around the Baltic Sea: Three Scenarios

How should any Swedish military intervention be presented in the case of different types of future crises in the Baltic region? The question is raised by Karlis Neretnieks in his chapter in the book Till bröders hjälp (Help between brothers), published by the Royal Academy of War Sciences. This abbreviated version is intended to give an idea of the Swedish Armed Forces’ capacity in the context of solidarity actions in the Baltic region after parliament decided to implement ”Structure of the Armed Forces after 2014″. The intention is also to describe the management and collaboration environments that could be encountered in this type of operation and to identify some of the demands they may make on the Armed Forces.

Read the report here.

On December 4th, The Economist blog ”Eastern Approaches” wrote about the report. Read the post here.