Enhanced NATO role may curb Russia's Baltic ambitions
Journal: Emerald expert briefings
Year: 2016

Subject Security challenges and responses in the Baltic states. Significance Since Moscow's annexation of Crimea and support for rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have increasingly been viewed as potential targets. Their vulnerabilities include their small size, territorial proximity to the Russian landmass and significant Slav minorities in Latvia and Estonia. Russian intervention is most likely to involve covert rather than overt aggression. NATO has increased it