The Arctic is a very fragile region. However, it is also an area of great power competition with Russia being an Arctic military superpower and China widening and deepening its role and seeking...
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As part of the “Back to School” (Tagasi Kooli) programme, ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik gave a short virtual lecture in Russian to students about bots and trolls on social networks,...
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The Annual Baltic Conference on Defence 2020 (ABCD 2020) covered three main topics: the security and defence policy implications of COVID-19; deterrence and defence in the Baltic Sea region; and the...
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“Ukraine has never succeeded, yet it has never failed either,” James Sherr OBE, senior fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute (EFPI) at the ICDS presented his recent report “Nothing...
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Amélie de Montchalin, French Minister of State for European Affairs, in charge of European Affairs, visited ICDS on 1 July 2020....
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In the event of a major crisis or war in the Baltic region, NATO’s reinforcement of the local armed forces and enhanced Forward Presence battlegroups would require the rapid movement of large and...
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Public discussion entitled “Dubious prospects of occupied Crimea: blooming or drying out?” was held at the ICDS on 10 March 2020. The event was jointly organised by the International Centre for...
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Taking the model-experiences from Finland, Norway and UK, sustainable cooperation with private sector is a key to ensure the existence of a certain quantity of supplies by means of pre-contracts....
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NATO’s only goal in pursuing deterrence in the Baltic region is to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Allies, while avoiding military conflict with Russia. Russia, meanwhile, has...
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ICDS Chief Executive and Programme Director “Resilient Ukraine” Dmitri Teperik participated in the international roundtable entitled “Russia’s interference in electoral processes: threat and...
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