School of War The Strategic View From the Baltic Sea with General Michael Claesson
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Apr 14, 2026 
General Michael Claesson, Sweden’s Supreme Commander and career armor officer, offers a compact strategic tour of Baltic security. He discusses how Crimea shifted Sweden’s posture, the logic behind joining NATO, the multi-domain lessons from Ukraine, Russia’s gray-zone tactics and vulnerabilities, and Europe’s duty to strengthen collective defense.
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Ukraine As A Preview Of Multi Domain War
- Ukraine provides a preview of multi-domain warfare: fused ISR, digitalized C2, and integrated targeting across domains.
- Claesson saw Ukrainian systems deliver situation awareness and multi-domain targeting with limited means yet high effectiveness.
Emulate Incremental Innovation Like Ukraine
- Adopt incremental development and accept operational risk in peacetime to accelerate innovation.
- Learn from Ukrainian experimentation with drones, UGVs, USVs, and rapid integration rather than waiting to overhaul legacy forces.
Cultural Shift Needed For Distributed Command
- Multi-domain command demands a cultural change: commanders must accept higher-echelon use of their tools for strategic effects.
- Training and education must adapt to integrated C2 and shared control, not just tech adoption.