Adapting NATO to New Challenges in the Arctic and Black Sea Regions
Events in the world in 2018 continued the current trend, indicating the next arms race and the primacy of the law of force.
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NATO
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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Estonian Cyber Command: What Is It For?
About 30 countries were developing cyber-attack capabilities as of 2016.
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“Led Into the Fork”: The Importance of Close Transatlantic Relations in Estonia
“Led into the fork” is an expression in Estonia that indicates a very difficult, if not an almost inescapable situation. The potential disintegration of the Atlantic community is a “fork” situation for Estonia. Therefore a united and cooperative transatlantic relationship is and continues to be Estonia’s primary foreign and security policy objective.
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Who Needs a European Army?
The French call it l’Europe de la Défence. At first glance this seems to suggest, at least to non-French observers, a concept based on the complementarity and synergy of NATO’s military muscle and hard security guarantees, and the economic might and soft power (and capacity for resilience) provided by the European Union.
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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 supported the Baltic-Russia Youth Forum in Latvia
Piret Pernik, a Research Fellow, ICDS, moderated on 27 September 2018 a discussion panel entitled “Cyber security and NATO’s cooperation with the EU” at the Baltic-Russia Youth Forum in Jurmala.
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