How Finland & Sweden Navigate NATO & the Grayzone (with Elisabeth Braw)

Giselle, Iulia, and Dalibor are joined by Elisabeth Braw, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and expert on "grayzone" warfare (warfare below the kinetic threshhold), to discuss Finland and Sweden's pivot towards NATO application and how Finland and Sweden combat neighboring Russian "grayzone aggression". Other topics include where Finland and Sweden would fit into a perceived "East" versus "West" divide in NATO; how NATO compares to other European institutions and cooperative frameworks (both existing and those imagined by French President Macron); and the importance of societal resilience in combatting grayzone aggression.Show notes: "The Defender's Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-Zone Aggression" by Elisabeth Braw; "The Ghost of Olof Palme: How Support for the Kurds Is Complicating Sweden’s NATO Accession" by Elisabeth Braw; "Sweden, NATO, Turkey, and Unexpected Parliamentary Turbulence" by Elisabeth Braw

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Ensuring the balance of power in Europe has, since the inception of our republic, been a core security interest for the US. Today, and for the entire post-Cold War period, the challenges to the European peace have emerged along the line running roughly from the Baltic to the Black Sea. This is what we call the Eastern Front. Our goal in this podcast is to better inform the American people about what’s going on there. Join us, Iulia Joja and Dalibor Rohac every week on in our discussions on what’s next for “The Eastern Front.”