Despite heavy losses in Ukraine, Russia is adapting fast and preparing to challenge NATO in the Baltic Sea and beyond. On Russia’s military adaptation, the growing linkage between the Baltic and the Arctic, cooperation on NATO’s northeastern flank, protection of undersea infrastructure and Sweden’s role in collective deterrence, Dr Aleksander Olech speaks with Sweden’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Carl-Johan Edström. Dr Aleksander Olech: How does Sweden currently assess the scale