Great Power Competition
German Marshall Fund of the United States
Sabre-Rattling in the Baltic Sea
5 September, 2025
Moscow is using kinetic and informational tactics to intimidate the West as it steps up measures to limit threats posed by Russia’s “shadow fleet”. GMF’s Larissa Doroshenko, Sophie Arts, and Jana Ondraskova argue that the EU and NATO allies must act decisively to maintain European security and a credible deterrence posture.