Ten Steps to Counter Moscow's Threat to Northern Europe

Publication Date: May 1984

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Manfred R. Hamm

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Russia and Eurasia

Type: Report

Coverage: Soviet Union

Abstract:

In the past, the Soviet threat to the Nordic countries was viewed solely in the context of a war in central Europe, with the Scandinavian peninsula as a peripheral theater. But there is growing concern that the peninsula itself now may be a major target in order to alter dramatically the geostrategic map of NATO's northern flank. Physical control of Norway and the Baltic straits could then provide Moscow with a secure flank and a springboard for subsequent attacks on central Europe.