How Russia could force a nuclear war in the Baltics

Very recommendable! Serious stuff! The escalate to deescalate strategy has something plausible!

As long as there are even small contingents of NATO soldiers stationed in the Baltic states Putin the Terrible will probably think twice to do anything foolish. Remember West Berlin!

"Yet a series of reports by the nonpartisan RAND Corporation shows that the possibility of nuclear escalation in a conflict between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia over the Baltic region is higher than one might imagine. ...

So the Kremlin has signaled that it might carry out limited nuclear strikes — perhaps a “demonstration strike” somewhere in the Atlantic, or against NATO forces in the theater — to force the alliance to make peace on Moscow’s terms. This concept is known as “escalate to de-escalate,” and there is a growing body of evidence that the Russians are serious about it."

How Russia could force a nuclear war in the Baltics | American Enterprise Institute - AEI: The best way of reducing the danger of a nuclear war in the Baltics is to ensure that NATO won’t immediately lose a conventional one. The Kremlin's "escalate to de-escalate" nuclear strategy could easily get out of hand.