NATO forces have begun conducting a two-week exercise on the Baltic Sea, with the first naval ships departing from the north-eastern German port of Rostock on Thursday morning. Among the vessels ...

Julian Pawlak is a research associate at Bundeswehr University Hamburg and research fellow at the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies. In his work, he focuses on strategy, security, and ...

The Baltic Sea — Russia’s maritime point of access to the city of St. Petersburg and its Kaliningrad enclave — is now almost surrounded by members of the military alliance.