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March 20, 2019
Establishing Cyber Sovereignty – Russia Follows China’s Example
In early March 2018 there were mass demonstrations in several Russian...
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March 15, 2019
An Ambitious EU-UK Partnership, Based on an Orderly Withdrawal
The European Union is interested in a future partnership with the United Kingdom, European Commission’s Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier writes in the current issue of our magazine...
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March 14, 2019
Ben Hodges: Washington Is Serious About Asking Allies to Pay More for Hosting Us Troops
Lt Gen (ret.) Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at CEPA and a non-resident fellow of the ICDS, takes very seriously the idea that the US wants its allies to pay the full cost of...
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March 14, 2019
ICDS V-Talk with Brian Whitmore, CEPA: Russia’s Hybrid Warfare – How Resilient Are We?
Has the West adequately responded to the Russian military aggression against Ukraine? Is there no other way to supply energy to Europe than building Nord Stream 2? How serious is the threat of...
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March 13, 2019
What Is Wrong With Our Strategic Communications?
No serious Western conference on security or international relations could take place these days without admiring the problem of...
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March 13, 2019
Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service Yearbook 2019
Since 2016 the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS) has produced yearbooks that highlight the main risks and threats to Estonia’s...
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March 12, 2019
Estonian Foreign Policy on a Darkening Landscape
The elections are over and the main options of Estonian foreign policy seem to have been confirmed: membership of the EU and NATO, maintaining strong relations with our allies and investing in...
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March 8, 2019
Deterrence is Highly Dependent on Large-scale Military Exercises
At its summit in Wales in September 2014 NATO decided to launch large-scale military exercises in order to show the Alliance’s readiness and political determination, and the willingness of partners...
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March 6, 2019
Balancing Russia’s History and Politics
Academics and journalists are perpetually excited by the question of which books world leaders are reading. Keir Giles’ latest book should certainly be one of them; or at least one that Western...
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March 5, 2019
Estonian Parliamentary Election 2019: Open and Progressive Estonia Marches on
Sunday’s parliamentary election was a long-awaited event in...
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