NATO Beyond 70: Renewing a Culture of Readiness
On 11-12 July 2018, the heads of state and government of the North Atlantic Alliance met in Brussels.
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Deterrence
Dead Man Walking: Time to Put the INF Treaty to Rest?
There is a high probability that the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty) will be terminated within the next 12 months. European countries need to assess the consequences for their national and regional security as well as the impact on wider international security.
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Director of ICDS Sven Sakkov Interviewed by Newsweek
Is Donald Trump right? U.S. Military should be permanently stationed in Eastern Europe to protect NATO from Russia, allies argue.
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Public Discussion at Leiden University Campus in The Hague
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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NATO‘s Northeast Quartet: Prospects and Opportunities for Baltic-Polish Defence Cooperation
In recent years, NATO has made good progress in strengthening deterrence and defence postures on its eastern flank, including establishing a rotational Allied land component presence in the Baltic states and Poland.
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NATO’s Trident Juncture: Old Dog, Old and New Tricks
NATO is in the middle of the active phase of its largest military exercise for some years.
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ICDS Article Featured in a Major Finnish News Portal
Finland’s news portal, verkkouutiset.fi, ran a feature drawing attention of its readers to one of the articles in the October 2018 issue of the ICDS monthly magazine, Diplomaatia.
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Is the INF Treaty Going to Heaven or Hell?
The announcement by President Donald Trump that the US is to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty of 1987 stirred quite a controversy.
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Vostok 2018: Political and Military Significance
September 11 marked the beginning of the main phase of Russia’s annual strategic military exercise, this year held in its Eastern and Central Military Districts and designated Vostok 2018.
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