Putin's Next Potential Target: The Baltic States

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik-Ilves (left), Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite (centre) and Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis (right) [Image: LRP.lt/Robertas Dackus]


This article first appeared on atlanticcouncil.org on January 5, 2016. It was written by Stephen Blank, who is a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council.

Although Russia's economy is reeling and its military forces are increasingly engaged in Syria and Ukraine, NATO commanders, governments, and analysts are concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin's adventurism has not run its course. Most anxieties focus on the Baltic states as Russia's next potential military target.
Putin's Next Potential Target: The Baltic States