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North European and North Atlantic Defense: The Challenges Return

North European and North Atlantic

Defense: The Challenges Return

SHAPING A WAY AHEAD FOR DETERRENCE IN DE PTH

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Nordic Perspectives ............................................................................................................................... 7
Defining the Challenges and Shaping a Way Ahead ...................................................................................... 7
The Perspective of the Norwegian Defense Minister ..................................................................................... 10
The Norwegian Deputy Defense Minister on Reshaping Norwegian Defense: Meeting 21st Century
Challenges ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
Norway, National Defense and Allied Collaboration: The Next Phase ......................................................... 17
A Norwegian Perspective on Nordic Security and Shaping a Way Ahead .................................................... 19
Information War and Hybrid Threats: Finland Launches a New Center to Focus on the Challenge .............. 22
Exercise Aurora 17: Sweden Focuses on Deterrence ..................................................................................... 26
Proposal for a New Danish Defence Agreement, 2018-2023 ....................................................................... 29
A Core Ally in NATO ............................................................................................................................................................ 29
Enhanced International Involvement .................................................................................................................................. 31
Calibrating the Russian Challenge: Putting the Cold War in the Rear View Mirror ............................. 31
Facing Core Threats in the Nordic Region: Rear Admiral Nils Wang Highlights the Strategic Option of
Reverse Engineering the Russian A2/D2 Threat to Denmark ........................................................................ 31
The Russians, the Arctic and the Baltics: Activism in Support of Strategic Re-Positioning ............................ 36
Parsing Russia’s New Military Doctrine: NATO as a Core Threat ................................................................. 40
Russian-Chinese Naval Reach Expands in Joint Baltic Sea Operation .......................................................... 44
The Russians Rethink Their Approach to Warfare: Tactical Nuclear Weapons Outside the Nuclear Ladder of
Escalation? ..................................................................................................................................................... 46

Shaping a Way Ahead for Force Modernization and Enhancing Deterrence in Depth ........................ 50
Norway: A Model for NATO’s Northern Tier ................................................................................................. 50
Leveraging the F-35 as Part of Danish Defense Transformation: The Perspective of the New Chief of Staff of
the Royal Danish Air Force ............................................................................................................................ 53
Allies and 21 Century Weapon Systems: The Case of the Coming of the F-35 to Europe ........................... 55
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Allies and 21 Century Weapons: The Maritime Domain Strike Enterprise ................................................... 59
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From Deployments to the Baltic Region to Empowering the Kill Web Deterrence in Depth Approach: The UK
Case ............................................................................................................................................................... 64
The Norwegian Navy and Shaping Air-Sea Integration for Norwegian Defense .......................................... 69
Burden Sharing in NATO: Innovations in Shaping a Way Ahead ................................................................. 72
Can Save 150 Persons .......................................................................................................................................................... 74
Ensures Safety ........................................................................................................................................................................ 74
Owned by Three Nations ...................................................................................................................................................... 75
Crafting Baltic Defense: A Key Role for Allied Air and Seapower ................................................................ 75
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