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(NewsNation) — Not too long ago, pundits and politicians believed the Baltic Sea could become what some have colloquially dubbed “NATO Lake.”

The concept: A body of water practically dominated by Western shipping, with enforcement belonging almost exclusively to NATO states and a minimal-at-best Russian presence.

The war in Ukraine actually gave momentum to the idea after Sweden and Finland joined the Western alliance, putting nearly all the Baltic Sea’s regional coastline under NATO control.

At least in

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