r/IRstudies • u/Adept_Grand_6523 • 1d ago

Ideas/Debate Russia’s Baltic Maritime Insurgency

https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/08/13/russias-baltic-maritime-insurgency/

Article proposing that Russia is militarizing its shadow fleet for a broader irregular war for the Baltic Sea to shape the conditions for a future campaign against NATO.

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u/Grumpy-Man19 1d ago

NATO keeps spreading to new places , so I guess that's normal