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Featured · Analysis · Baltic security
The Map Cuts Both Ways
How Nordic-Baltic fires could expose Russia in a conventional conflict.
IDS StaffSeptember 22, 2026About 22 min read
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The Other Direction · Fictional scenario
The Kaliningrad Fait Accompli
A fictional visual scenario examining what follows a limited Allied territorial seizure inside Kaliningrad.
IDS Staff · 22 min read
Strategic scenarios · Europe
What a Limited NATO Incursion Into Russia Might Look Like
A Gulf of Finland scenario examining reciprocal vulnerability around St. Petersburg.
IDS Staff · 18 min read