A conversation between Dov Zakheim as a Corresponding Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of War Sciences and Academy members Michael Sahlin and Lars-Erik Lundin. Clear links between NATO accession progress in the North, risks for escalation, and the strength of deterrence. 

Chapters:
00:00 Intro and summary Lundin
03:28 Cohesion of NATO Zakheim
07:33 Clip 2: LEL overview 
13:19 Z response
14:24 Z on the nuclear umbrella
17:02 Z A disease in the North will not stop there
17:26 Sahlin: The Nato issue needs to be resolved soon
20:35 The risk of open war with NATO. give Ukraine what it needs
26:19 Putin cannot afford to escalate
29:16 On Peter the Great

Dov Zakheim: US support to Ukraine and the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland

Lars-Erik Lundin