Resilience Against Disinformation: A New Baltic Way to Follow?
The Baltic states, although not immune to disinformation, have accumulated unique experience and developed effective methods to resist and combat this malice.
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Society & Defence
A War of the Final Soviet Generation: Russia’s Demography, Society, and Aggression Against Ukraine
What is the attitude of Russian society towards the war? If it supports the war, why? These questions started swirling immediately after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since then, at least several major opinion polls have been conducted to find answers. However, many experts doubt the validity of those surveys, since the atmosphere of total censorship, repression, and fear strongly affects the sincerity of respondents.
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The impact of COVID-19 on military exercises in Europe
By mid-March, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had a major impact on military live-exercises scheduled for the first half of 2020.
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Defence Minister Shoigu Sells Russia’s Military “Success Story”
On 22 September 2019, the Russian newspaper “Moskovskij Komsomolets” (MK) published an unprecedented interview with Sergei Shoigu in what was his first public discussion in the seven years since he became Russia’s Minister of Defence.
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Germany’s Defence Contribution – Is Berlin Underperforming?
There is every indication that burden sharing will be a contentious issue at NATO’s Brussels Summit, which begins today. Donald Trump has been consistent in attacking Germany’s contribution to the Alliance, which he claims is unfair to the US.
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If War is Coming to Sweden
A subdued but still dramatic sign of the fundamentally changed security situation in the Baltic Sea region is about to be delivered to some five million Swedish households this week, that is to the entire population of the kingdom of Sweden.
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Conscription – The Enduring Loophole in French Political Culture
France and conscription have a flawed, nostalgic relationship.
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Women in the Estonian Defence Forces
On 30 January, ICDS held a seminar to present its latest report, “Women in the Estonian Defence Forces: Motivation, Attitudes, Experiences and Challenges”, authored by Andres Siplane and based on a survey conducted among members of the EDF. The report was published in Estonian, English and Russian, with support from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Women in the Estonian Defence Forces: Motivation, Attitudes, Experience and Challenges
“Women officers, NCOs and conscripts should become an ordinary sight, not an extraordinary phenomenon in Estonia. In the present-day high-tech national defence, there is no reason to differentiate between people on the basis of gender and to assume that defence is only men’s work… Among other things, we need to change the attitudes in our society that do not favour the participation of women in the military… It is particularly pleasing that the more active involvement of women is supported by current service personnel.”
Hannes Hanso, Chairman of the National Defence Committee of the Riigikogu, former Minister of Defence
ICDS Represented at Cambridge Baltic Conference 2017
On 28 October, ICDS Head of Studies Tomas Jermalavičius participated at the 5th Cambridge Baltic Conference (CBC) organised by the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian students of the University of Cambridge (UK).
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