Will History Repeat In Swedish-Baltic Security Policy?
byWhatever the outcome of the Swedish elections this autumn, very little is likely to change in its foreign and security politics. This, for the simple…
Defence
“Fortuna” & The Finnish Style of Active Measures
byIn countering Russian non-linear wafare and so-called “hybrid operations”, the identification and publication of Kremlin-linked networks of influence is an essential act for every…
Moscow Outlet Describes How Russia Should Break Up Each of the Baltic Countries
byArguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the Russian propaganda site, SputnikPogrom, outlines how…
Sweden Reintroduces Conscription
byThe Swedish government has announced that it will reintroduce military conscription for all Swedes born in or after 1999. Suspended 2010, Swedish conscription is being…
How Trees in A Lithuanian Forest Can Stop Tanks
byCanadian and US NATO soldiers demonstrate how a trees in a Lithuanian forest can be used to stop Russian tanks. Video produced by NATO…
Moscow Creating Military Units It Would Need to Invade Baltic Countries, Shtepa Says
byIt is always risky to derive intentions from capacities, but Moscow’s moves to create new military units opposite the Baltic states suggests that the…
NATO’s Eastern Exposure
byEvery year, Estonia holds special military exercises called Spring Storm. The exercises are for those conscript soldiers who have just completed their term of service….
Estonia Leads the Way With Snap Military Exercise
byIn the stream of Russian snap drills that have come to be part of the ”new normal”, news broke last week of a more…
The Estonian Defence Model: “Shoot to kill, on the spot!”
byKaliningrad, autumn of 2006. I had just finished up a term as a visiting professor at the old Königsberg, Immanuel Kant University. The last…
The Åland Regime After Crimea
byThe annexation of Crimea was a definite wakeup call telling us that Russia has turned down the European Security Order and assumed a policy…