Daily Memo: NATO’s Baltic Sea Presence, Japan’s Defense Budget

The bloc is reacting to another suspected sabotage of undersea cables.

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NATO in the Baltic Sea. NATO will enhance its presence in the Baltic Sea, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Friday following the severing of an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia this week. The Estlink 2 cable, which carries electricity between the two countries, was damaged in a suspected act of sabotage. Authorities are […]

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