Illustrations

Figures

3.1 Triangle of naval missions

5.1 Military expenditure per capita for Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia and Slovenia, contrasted with France, 1996–2016 (in 2017 US$)

5.2 Military expenditure, in constant (2015) US$m, for Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia and Slovenia, 1996–2016

5.3 Comparing European small states’ maritime territory versus their land territory (in km²)

5.4 Numbers of personnel (2017) in the navies of European small states

6.1 The Baltic Sea, the Baltic States, Kattegat, Skagerrak and part of the North Sea.

8.1 Compilation RNLN 1990–2015

Tables

9.1 Maritime capability to dimension matrix

9.2 Baltic state maritime forces, maritime security agencies