“On a day-to-day basis, NATO air policing can react to airspace intrusions or violations of flight rules that Estonia would be unable to deal with alone — this is important for preserving territorial integrity,” Tony Lawrence, a research fellow at the Tallinn-based International Centre for Defence Security think tank, told Defense News.
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„The likelihood of a NATO-Russia military conflict is low, yet it should not be ruled out as a possibility,“ Sven Sakkov, Director of ICDS argues in the NATO Defence Colleage Policy Brief, June 2019.
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On 8 May, Head of ICDS Security and Resilience Programme Dr Ivo Juurvee participated in a workshop ‘Social Media and Conflict Escalation’ organised by King’s College London (KCL).
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As part of its renewed focus on collective defence and deterrence, NATO is re-engaging with the maritime domain and navies are seeing greater levels of interest and investment. The states that surround the Baltic Sea have also begun to respond to new and rediscovered challenges to their maritime security, but more could be done individually and collectively.
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In the last half-decade, the three Baltic states have made dramatic progress towards diversifying their energy supplies, especially of natural gas. This progress—brought about thanks to remarkable political will as well as improved regional cooperation—has resulted in considerable economic benefit while decreasing the three countries’ vulnerability to outside pressure. Yet, much remains to be done in order to complete the three countries’ internal markets.
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NATO battlegroups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have been a success, according to ICDS research fellows Kalev Stoicescu and Pauli Järvenpää, presenting their recent report, “Contemporary Deterrence: Insights and Lessons from Enhanced Forward Presence”, to a full house on 1 February. “They are fully integrated into the land forces brigades and contribute to the self-defence capabilities of their host nations, the chain of command is clear and they are providing a deterrent presence.”
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NATO decided, in July 2016, to establish an enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania and Poland.
On 22 January 2018, the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute/ICDS in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation presented the report “The Nordic-Baltic Region in the EU 27: Time for New Strategic Cooperation” by Piret Kuusik and Kristi Raik.
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The Brexit process is changing the balance of power and coalition politics in the European Union.
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On 5 November, ICDS Head of Studies and Research Fellow Tomas Jermalavičius participated in a public discussion at Leiden University Campus in The Hague (Netherlands).
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