Loading ...The Price of Abolishing Sweden’s Two Hundred Years of Neutrality
When Sweden joins NATO, it would lose rather than gain from compliance with Article 5 – given its geographical position in the bloc. A more likely scenario would be that it would have to provide assistance to other members of the bloc rather than receive it.
Sweden remains the last candidate country for NATO membership in the Baltic Sea region. Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement that Sweden’s accession does not pose an immediate threat to the Russian Federation, the NATO ring may close in the Baltic Sea region, and the special position of the Northwestern Federal District and the Kaliningrad region will become the object of close attention, both among the Western countries and from Moscow.
“As we can see, Sweden’s fear of its big eastern neighbour, which has already dominated the country for many years, has prevailed.”
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Nato seems to believe it can close the northern sea lanes to Russian ships. Perhaps they are unaware that Russia has developed and deployed 3M22 Zircon missiles on many of its ships, making all surface ships of the west obsolete, and sinkable at a moments notice, including every American aircraft carrier grouping.