Te ‘greater Nordic space’between Great Britain, Germany and Russia has over time varied with the balance of power. Te Baltic States eg have been in and out of the space, rejoining by regaining sovereignty after the end of the Cold War. Russia’s actions in Ukraine and beyond during 2014 mark the end of the Post-Cold War period and its aspiration to peaceful integration. Te small states of the greater Nordic space are now rediscovering their inescapable geopolitical nearness to Russia. Drawing on RSCT and Nordic-Baltic integration literature, the article contributes to understanding the Northern European part of the Euro-Russian Regional Security Complex. Teoretically, the article links RSCT and integration logics through the twin concepts of a ‘security region’(given outside-in as one part of a negatively defined RSC), and a ‘political region’(created inside-out under the shield provided by the security region). To …