When five years ago Estonia as well as its two Baltic neighbours, Latvia and Lithuania, joined NATO, it märked the fulfilment of one of the greatest strategic ambitions of our small countries. And...
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The International Centre for Defence Studies is pleased to present an analysis on the forthcoming presidential elections in Abkhazia, written by our co-worker Ivan Sukhov. The paper focuses on the...
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Defence research and development (R&D) is a field of strategic significance in developing modern defence organisations as well as the entire national security sector. In knowledge-based societies,...
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On Friday, November 20, a presentation was held in Tallinn to introduce a study titled The ‘Humanitarian Dimension’ of Russian Foreign Policy Toward Georgia, Moldova Ukraine and the Baltic...
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ICDS researchers Kaarel Kaas and Merle Maigre have completed a Policy Brief with recommendations and suggestions for Estonia’s engagement with the EU’s Eastern...
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Democratic and secure Crimea is important both for the territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as for the stability in Central and Eastern...
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ICDS has participated in drafting a paper on external challenges and internal problems of Ukraine’s security...
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This paper traces the development of sub-regional multilateralism around the Baltic Sea from the building of regional security via de-securitisation to cooperation through the re-securitisation of...
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Maria Mälksoo has published a book chapter titled as „Liminality and Contested Europeanness: Conflicting Memory Politics in the Baltic Space“ in an edited volume on identity and foreign policy...
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Despite progress in the process of European integration during the period 2000-2008 and the increasing presence of the European Union in the country, Moldova is still vulnerable to Russian...
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