The Strategic View From the Baltic Sea with General Michael Claesson
General Michael Claesson is Sweden’s Chief of Defence Staff and Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. How did Russia’s annexation of Crimea change Sweden’s global strategy? Is Russia weaker than it appears? How strong is the American alliance with Europe? With the tectonic plates of war shifting beneath our feet, the stakes are high and the future of NATO hangs in the balance.
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02:46 Swedish view of the world
04:19 Crimea annexation
08:50 Geopolitical logic of joining NATO
10:10 Military background
13:48 The war in Ukraine
17:53 Lessons from the American Civil War
19:40 Drone…
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