Between Trump's America and Putin's Russia: Nordic-Baltic Security Relations amid Transatlantic Drift
Journal: Irish Studies in International Affairs
Year: 2017

With the ‘return of geopolitics’ in Europe signalled in earnest by Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, this article examines the implications of Donald Trump's unpredictable US security policy for regional security in Northern Europe. While Trump's public rhetoric chastising NATO creates uncertainties for Europe's security, his administration's policy has remained committed to NATO's deterrence efforts. Against initial expectations for US-Russia rapprochement based on <i>realpolitik</