As NATO considers accepting two new members, Sweden is flexing its firepower on an idyllic holiday island that could serve as a strategic stronghold in the Baltic Sea. But for residents who love Gotland's peaceful waters, it's an uncomfortable shift.
"I was always warning people that there were a couple of stumbling blocks on the path towards ratification," Professor Engelbrecht says.
"It's impossible to know… but I think by the end of the year, these negotiations will carry on but then be concluded." "I think it's essentially it's a slap in the face to the Swedish democracy, because we elected the government who's now currently in power, and they have always historically been against NATO," he says.
Both men grew up on the island in the 80s when a military base was still operating from the Cold War era.
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