Security Planning
A New Era of EU-NATO Cooperation: How to Make the Best of a Marriage of Necessity
The ICDS fresh study on EU-NATO cooperation is explained by the authors, the ICDS research fellows, Kristi Raik and Pauli Järvenpää. They are interviewed by Erkki Bahovski, the Editor of Diplomaatia.
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Boosting the Deterrent Effect of Allied Enhanced Forward Presence
At the Warsaw Summit in July 2016, NATO allies decided to establish an enhanced forward presence (eFP) on the territory of the Baltic states and Poland “to unambiguously demonstrate, as part of our overall posture, Allies’ solidarity, determination, and ability to act by triggering an immediate Allied response to any aggression”. The implementation of this historic decision has now resulted in the first-ever stationing of combat-ready troops from other Allied nations in the Baltic region.
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A New Era of EU-NATO Cooperation: How to Make the Best of a Marriage of Necessity
The challenges confronting both the European Union and NATO today are severe and complex: e.g. terrorism, refugee and migration crisis, hybrid and cyber threats, and a Russia willing to break international law and other treaties and agreements, thus undermining the post-World War II international order.
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‘Nimble Titan 2018’ Event in the Netherlands
On 13-17 March, the Netherlands hosted one of the events of Nimble Titan 2018 – an integrated air and missile defence experimentation campaign led by the United States (US) Strategic Command.
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Brexit and Baltic Sea Security
The result of the UK’s June 2016 referendum on continued membership of the EU was unexpected and its consequences may be wide-ranging and grave. This report considers the impact of the UK’s exit from the European Union (‘Brexit’) on the security of Estonia, the Baltic Sea region and Europe more widely. Its focus is hard security – military security and defence.
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Discussing the Regional Security After Warsaw Summit and US Elections
Research Fellow Henrik Praks spoke on November 22 in Riga at the public discussion organised by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA) in order to mark the publication of its book – “The Baltic Sea Region: Hard and Soft Security Reconsidered”. He contributed to a panel which focussed on the hard security aspects of the region in the wake of NATO Warsaw Summit and the following developments, including the election of Donald Trump as next US President.
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Judy Asks: Is America Still the Guardian of Transatlanticism?
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
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Why Britain Is Right to Be Deploying Troops to the Baltic
“Estonia has its own defence forces and together with the Nato battalion this is a serious combat group,” insists Tomas Jermalavicius of the International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn. “What we now have is a strong tripwire in case of Russian aggression.”
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An Ever Closer Defence Union?
Proposals for greater defence cooperation in the EU have proliferated in the wake of the Brexit referendum result.
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