If you're wondering why Sweden and Finland broke with neutrality and joined NATO, just look at a map. Long before 2022 and Vladimir Putin's play for Ukraine's capital, Stockholm was already boosting its military, reintroducing a base on the strategic island of Gotland in 2018. Across the Baltic Sea lies the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. We bring you an exclusive FRANCE 24 report from Gotland.
We ask just how crowded it's become in the Baltic Sea, and whether joining NATO will deter Russia from trying its luck beyond Ukraine or instead stoke a perilous showdown?
Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Juliette Brown.
