On 9 September, ICDS Research Fellow Tomas Jermalavičius addressed, as a panelist, participants of NATO SOF Symposium 2015, hosted by NATO SOF Headquarters in Mons, Belgium. He spoke in the session dedicated to exploring challenges to NATO on its Eastern Flank, which was moderated by David Hobbs, Secretary General of NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
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On 31 August – 4 September, ICDS Research Fellow Tomas Jermalavičius participated, as part of the Estonian team, in the planning phase event of the US-led missile defence experiment Nimble Titan 2016, which was hosted by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence and Dutch Applied Research Organisation (TNO) in Soesterberg, Netherlands.
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The policy paper explores the rationale for investing in the so-called dual-use research and technology (R&T) to support Estonia’s national defence, civil security and public safety policy objectives.
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Two years ago Estonia’s strategic national security and defence documents put forward the idea of ‘psychological defence’ as a means to protect the values and cohesion of Estonian society from subversive influences.
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This report forms part of an ICDS project titled ‘Security, Strategy, Science and Technology’ (S3T) and aims to identify the conceptual and organisational challenges in Estonia’s defence R&D programme.
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This longitudinal research explores morale, burnout and psychological well-being of ethnic Russians and native Estonians during compulsory military service in the Estonian Defence Forces.
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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, pursuit of state-of-the-art military capabilities, organisational innovation in the armed forces, sensible long-term management of security threats and risks or deeper integration with allies go hand in hand with investments in scientific research and effective use of their results.
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