“We are a flat country with no strategic depth,” says Sven Sakkov, director of the government-led think tank International Centre for Defence and Security.
The book “Perceptions of Germany in the Security of the Baltic Sea Region” is a collection of papers from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Germany and assess Germany’s contribution to the security of the Baltic Sea region. The book project was led by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs in Riga.
They were just a few sentences intended for fellow pretzel-munching conservatives in a Bavarian beer tent. But Angela Merkel’s comments hit headlines across the world.
It may be Germany’s smallest state. But Saarland suddenly hit international headlines last weekend, as Angela Merkel’s conservatives (CDU) scored an unexpectedly strong win. Why the sudden interest?