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International Centre for Defence and Security - ICDS
ICDS aims to advance the transatlantic community’s strategic thinking on the security challenges facing the Baltic-Nordic region, from armed or cyber attacks to threats against social cohesion and energy security.Visit Site
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February 06, 2025
China’s Digital Silk Road: Outlines and Implications for Europe
By: Maria -
November 14, 2024
The Joint Expeditionary Force: Baltic Interests
By: Tony Lawrence -
October 24, 2024
New Russian Immigration to the EU: The Case of the Baltic States, Finland, Germany & Poland
By: Igor Gretskiy -
September 30, 2024
Japan, NATO, and the Diversification of Security Partnerships
By: Elena Atanassova-Cornelis, Takuya Matsuda, Bart Gaens, Nele Loorents -
September 27, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Artificial Intelligence in Defence of Ukraine
By: Vitaliy Goncharuk -
September 06, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Russia’s Attempts to Undermine Mobilisation
By: Maryna Vorotyntseva -
July 16, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine Series: War and Industry
By: Stanislav Zhelikhovskyi -
July 10, 2024
Ukraine’s Practical Steps towards NATO
By: Maksym Skrypchenko -
July 05, 2024
Keeping the Americans In
By: Rachel Hoff -
July 03, 2024
NATO’s Regional Defence Plans
By: Nele Loorents -
July 02, 2024
Finland: Integrating a new Ally
By: Iro Särkkä -
July 01, 2024
The Washington Summit: Burden-sharing
By: Tony Lawrence -
June 28, 2024
The Washington Summit: NATO and the Baltic Region
By: Toms Rostoks -
June 27, 2024
The Washington Summit: NATO-Ukraine
By: Henrik Larsen -
June 06, 2024
China’s and Russia’s Aggressive Foreign Policies: Historical Legacy or Geopolitical Ambitions?
By: Ivan Ulises Klyszcz, Che-chuan Lee, James Sherr -
June 05, 2024
Rapprochement Despite Strategic Divergence: The Significance of the 2024 Japan-China-South Korea Summit
By: Elena Atanassova-Cornelis -
May 22, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine: War and Society
By: Mykola Nazarov -
May 14, 2024
The Practice, Promise and Peril of EU Lawfare
By: Steven Blockmans -
May 07, 2024
An Edifying Tale of Keeping the Lights On: Societal Resilience in an Energy Crisis – the Case of Estonia
By: Tomas Jermalavicius, Dmitri Teperik, Karolin Martinson -
April 22, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Evolution of Grand Strategy
By: Leonid Polyakov -
March 28, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Mobilisation in Wartime
By: Andriy Stavytskyy -
March 12, 2024
The Newest Allies: Finland and Sweden in NATO
By: Tony Lawrence, Tomas Jermalavicius, Jan Hyllander -
March 01, 2024
AI Unleashed or Tamed? Decoding Europe’s Bold Leap with the AI Act
By: Arianna Jater -
October 25, 2023
In a State of Denial: The Air War in Ukraine
By: Francesca Verville, Catarina Buchatskiy -
October 23, 2023
New Frontiers: Estonia’s Foreign Policy in Africa
By: Kristin Adeoti -
October 19, 2023
Europe’s Broken Order and the Prospect of a New Cold War
By: Kristi Raik, Eero Kristjan Sild -
September 29, 2023
Allies Help Those Who Help Themselves: How Estonia and Japan Approach Deterrence
By: Yoko Iwama, Tetsuo Kotani, Sugio Takahashi, Tony Lawrence, Henrik Praks -
July 07, 2023
British Power in Baltic Weather: The UK’s Role in Nordic-Baltic Security and UK-Estonia Defence Cooperation
By: Tomas Jermalavicius, Alice Billon-Galland -
July 07, 2023
NATO and the Indo-Pacific Region
By: Iro Särkkä -
July 07, 2023
Military Command and Control
By: Gintaras Bagdonas -
July 07, 2023
NATO’s new Defence Plans
By: Mārtiņš Vargulis -
July 07, 2023
Prospects for Ukraine’s NATO Membership
By: Henrik Larsen -
July 07, 2023
Defence Spending
By: Margarita Šešelgytė -
July 07, 2023
NATO’s Posture on the North-East Flank
By: Toms Rostoks -
May 22, 2023
British Nuclear Policy
By: Peter Watkins -
May 12, 2023
Is There Life in the Desert? Russian Civil Society After the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
By: Igor Gretskiy -
May 11, 2023
The EU’s Magnitsky Act Obsolete in the Face of Russia’s Crimes in Ukraine?
By: Steven Blockmans -
May 08, 2023
The Future of Arms Control: Ready to (Dis)Agree?
By: Tõnis Idarand, Kalev Stoicescu, Ian Anthony -
May 03, 2023
War and Energy Security: Lessons for The Future
By: Tomas Jermalavicius, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Andrian Prokip, Christian Egenhofer, Edoardo Righetti -
April 25, 2023
How Russia Went to War: The Kremlin’s Preparations for Its Aggression Against Ukraine
By: Kalev Stoicescu, Mykola Nazarov, Keir Giles, Matthew Johnson -
April 14, 2023
How Russia Brings Its Aggression Against Ukraine to The Global South
By: Ivan Ulises Klyszcz -
January 20, 2023
Chinese Military-Civil Fusion: Sino-Italian Research Cooperation
By: N. Lill -
January 19, 2023
French Nuclear Policy
By: Jean-Louis Lozier -
January 18, 2023
Iran’s Defence Industry: What’s in Stock for Russia?
By: Tato Kvamladze -
January 03, 2023
Europe’s Indo-Pacific Tilt: Estonian and Japanese Interests
By: Frank Jüris, Steven Blockmans, Kazuto Suzuki, Sanshiro Hosaka, Maret Nukke -
December 20, 2022
Children of War: The Ukrainian Case
By: Isabella Martin -
October 20, 2022
Resilience Against Disinformation: A New Baltic Way to Follow?
By: Dmitri Teperik, Solvita Denisa-Liepniece, Dalia Bankauskaitė, Kaarel Kullamaa -
October 13, 2022
EU Security and Defence After Ukraine
By: Tony Lawrence, Louis Pernotte -
October 13, 2022
EU Defense After Ukraine: A New Capabilities Agenda
By: Tony Lawrence, Louis Pernotte -
October 13, 2022
EU Defence After Ukraine: France’s Presidency
By: Tony Lawrence, Louis Pernotte -
October 13, 2022
EU Defence After Ukraine: Denmark’s CSDP U-Turn
By: Tony Lawrence, Louis Pernotte -
September 26, 2022
Developing Nuclear Energy in Estonia: An Amplifier of Strategic Partnership with the United States?
By: Tomas Jermalavicius, Max Bergmann, Peter Crall, Thomas O'Donnell, Tomas Janeliūnas, Tõnis Idarand -
August 18, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Western Military Assistance
By: Tony Lawrence -
August 17, 2022
Time to Leave China’s “16+1” Influence Trap
By: Filip Jirouš -
August 09, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Russia’s Propaganda War
By: Igor Gretskiy -
July 27, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: WMD Issues
By: Richard Weitz -
July 15, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: When Russia Went to War
By: Konrad Muzyka -
June 21, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: The War at Sea
By: Bill Combes -
June 15, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Early Air War
By: Tony Lawrence -
June 08, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Large-Scale War and NATO
By: Martin Hurt -
June 03, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Russian Military Logistics
By: Ronald Ti -
May 31, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: The War in Cyberspace
By: Dmytro Dubov -
May 27, 2022
Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Kremlin’s Aims and Assumptions
By: Kalev Stoicescu -
May 16, 2022
Geopolitics of Europe’s Hydrogen Aspirations: Creating Sustainable Equilibrium or a Combustible Mix?
By: Tomas Jermalavicius, Tomas Janeliūnas, Andrian Prokip, Iliya Kusa, Alan Riley , Andrei V. Belyi, Pier Paolo Raimondi, Miguel Sainz de Vicuña -
May 09, 2022
The Contours of a New Western Russia Strategy
By: Kristi Raik -
February 16, 2022
Germany, Russia, and Energy Politics
By: Kalev Stoicescu -
February 09, 2022
German-US Relations and the Security of the Baltic States
By: Marko Mihkelson -
February 02, 2022
Germany’s Position on CSDP: Is There Anything for the Baltics?
By: Margarita Šešelgytė, Emilė Indrašiūtė -
January 26, 2022
Baltic Perspectives on Germany’s Role in NATO
By: Justinas Juozaitis -
January 19, 2022
Baltic States’ Expectations Regarding Germany’s Role in Baltic Security
By: Toms Rostoks -
November 17, 2021
Small States, Different Approaches: Estonia and Norway on the UN Security Council
By: Kristin M. Haugevik, Piret Kuusik, Kristi Raik, Niels Nagelhus Schia -
November 08, 2021
Resilient Ukraine – a Delicate Mosaic? Society, Media, Security, and Future Prospects
By: Dmitri Teperik, Dmytro Dubov, Oleh Pokalchuk, Illia Miroshkin, ksana Iliuk, Anastasiia Apetyk, Larisa Snihur, Grigori Senkiv -
September 03, 2021
How to Think About the China-Russia Partnership
By: James Sherr, Frank Jüris -
June 28, 2021
Dialogue with Russia: Russia Needs to Reset Relations with the West
By: Kalev Stoicescu, Liana Fix, Agnieszka Legucka, Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Artūrs Bikovs, Keir Giles -
May 20, 2021
So Far, Yet So Close: Japanese and Estonian Cybersecurity Policy Perspectives and Cooperation
By: Henry Rõigas, Tomas Jermalavicius, Jun Osawa, Kadri Kaska, Liis Rebane, Toomas Vaks, Anna-Maria Osula, Koichiro Komiyama -
April 06, 2021
#NATO2030: Regional Cooperation for a Stronger NATO
By: Justyna Gotkowska -
March 25, 2021
#NATO2030: Addressing the Burden-Sharing Challenge
By: Kristīne Rudzīte-Stejskala -
March 11, 2021
Belarus Goes Nuclear: Context and Prospects of the Astravyets NPP
By: Yuri Tsarik -
March 11, 2021
Rosatom in Europe: Russia’s Trojan Horse?
By: Tomas Janeliūnas, Yuri Tsarik, Andrea Bonelli -
March 03, 2021
#NATO2030: America’s Transatlantic Agenda
By: Robertas Sapronas -
February 28, 2021
Cyber Conscription: Experience and Best Practice from Selected Countries
By: Martin Hurt, Tiia Sõmer -
February 17, 2021
A New World Order, According to Beijing
By: Nadège Rolland -
February 10, 2021
#NATO2030: Credible Deterrence in the Baltic Region
By: Mārtiņš Vargulis -
January 29, 2021
#NATO2030: NATO’s Force Structure and Posture
By: Martin Hurt -
January 14, 2021
China’s Technological Rise: Implications for Global Security and the Case of Nuctech
By: Didi Kirsten Tatlow -
January 04, 2021
#NATO2030: Towards a NATO China Strategy
By: Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova -
November 25, 2020
China in Europe and Transatlantic Security
By: Andrew A. Michta -
November 23, 2020
Strengthening NATO’s Cohesion Through Consultation
By: Wojciech Lorenz -
October 30, 2020
Democracy, ‘Alternative Reality’ and Estonia’s Resilience
By: Dmitri Teperik -
September 25, 2020
China’s Influence Activities in Estonia
By: Frank Jüris -
August 21, 2020
The Bronze Soldier Crisis of 2007: Revisiting an Early Case of Hybrid Conflict
By: Ivo Juurvee, Anna-Mariita Mattiisen -
August 07, 2020
Between the Chinese Dragon and American Eagle: 5G Development in the Baltic States
By: Maya Guzdar, Tomas Jermalavicius -
July 10, 2020
Nothing New Under the Sun? Continuity and Change in Russian Policy Towards Ukraine
By: James Sherr -
July 01, 2020
Stabilising the Sahel. The Role of International Military Operations
By: Kalev Stoicescu -
June 18, 2020
Volunteers in Estonia’s Security Sector: Opportunities for Enhancing Societal Resilience
By: Ramon Loik -
June 15, 2020
What next for NATO? Views from the North-East Flank on Alliance Adaptation
By: Michal Baranowski, Linas Kojala, Toms Rostoks, Kalev Stoicescu, Tony Lawrence -
June 05, 2020
Through the Looking Glass: The Nordic-Baltic Region and the Changing Role of the United States
By: Piret Kuusik -
June 04, 2020
China’s Sovereignty and Internet Governance
By: Kadri Kaska, Maria Tolppa -
May 20, 2020
Winds of Change, or More of the Same?
By: Tomas Jermalavicius, Priit Mändmaa, Emma Hakala, Tomas Janeliūnas, Juris Ozoliņš, Krystian Kowalewski -
April 27, 2020
Academic Co-operation with the People’s Republic of China: Dangers and Temptations
By: Märt Läänemets -
April 22, 2020
Estonia in the UN Security Council: The Importance and Limits of European Cooperation
By: Kristi Raik -
April 14, 2020
Dilemmas of Arms Control: Meeting the Interests of NATO’s North-Eastern Flank
By: Artur Kacprzyk, Lukasz Kulesa -
March 31, 2020
Until Something Moves: Reinforcing the Baltic Region in Crisis and War
By: Ben Hodges, Tony Lawrence, Ray Wojcik -
February 18, 2020
Preparing for Crises in Estonia: Improvement Options for Civilian Food and Emergency Goods Supplies
By: Ivo Juurvee, Ramon Loik -
February 12, 2020
Capability and Resolve: Deterrence, Security and Stability in the Baltic Region
By: Heinrich Brauss, Kalev Stoicescu, Tony Lawrence -
January 21, 2020
When Russia Goes to War: Motives, Means and Indicators
By: Konrad Muzyka -
January 15, 2020
Estonia’s Partners in the EU Coalition Machinery: Maximising Influence in the EU through Coalition-building
By: Kristi Raik, Josef Janning -
December 18, 2019
The Russian Orthodox Church: Faith, Power and Conquest
By: James Sherr, Kaarel Kullamaa -
December 16, 2019
Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Deepfakes, Cheapfakes and the Limits of Deception
By: Emilia Anna Porubcin -
December 03, 2019
The Talsinki Tunnel: Channelling Chinese Interests into the Baltic Sea
By: Frank Jüris -
November 28, 2019
Russia’s Espionage in Estonia: A Quantitative Analysis of Convictions
By: Ivo Juurvee, Lavly Perling -
November 07, 2019
The Digital Counter-Revolution: Why the Kremlin Pursues a Sovereign Internet?
By: Antonin Plattner -
October 28, 2019
European Strategic Autonomy: Operationalising a Buzzword
By: Pauli Järvenpää -
September 20, 2019
Russians in Europe: Nobody’s Tool – The Examples of Finland, Germany and Estonia
By: Anna Tiido -
August 27, 2019
Estonian-French Defence Cooperation – Where Estonian Pragmatism Meets French Vision
By: Kalev Stoicescu, Emile LeBrun -
May 20, 2019
Stepping on the Gas: Future-Proofing Estonia’s Energy Market and Security
By: Andrei V. Belyi -
May 01, 2019
Post-Crimea Shift in EU-Russia Relations: From Fostering Interdependence to Managing Vulnerabilities
By: Kristi Raik, András Rácz -
April 01, 2019
To the Seas Again Maritime Defence and Deterrence in the Baltic Region
By: Henrich Lange -
March 01, 2019
Going Past Monopoly: Developing a Balanced Baltic Sea Regional Gas Market
By: Emmet Tuohy -
January 01, 2019
Contemporary Deterrence – Insights and Lessons from Enhanced Forward Presence
By: Kalev Stoicescu -
December 01, 2018
The Nordic-Baltic Region in the EU 27 – Time for New Strategic Cooperation
By: Piret Kuusik -
December 01, 2018
Preparing for Cyber Conflict – Case Studies of Cyber Command
By: Piret Pernik -
November 01, 2018
Dead Man Walking: Time to Put the INF Treaty to Rest?
By: Ian Anthony -
January 01, 2018
Challenges of Real National Defence
By: Jonatan Vseviov -
January 01, 2018
NATO‘s Northeast Quartet: Prospects and Opportunities for Baltic-Polish Defence Cooperation
By: Tomas Jermalavicius -
September 18, 2017
Russia’s Electronic Warfare Capabilities to 2025: Challenging NATO in the Electromagnetic Spectrum
By: Roger N. McDermott -
August 23, 2017
First on the Front Lines – the Role of Volunteers in Countering Russia’s Military Aggression against Ukraine
By: Dmitri Teperik, Anna Bulakh, Grigori Senkiv -
June 01, 2017
Building Capacity for the EU Global Strategy
By: Tony Lawrence, Henrik Praks, Pauli Järvenpää -
May 12, 2017
A New Era of EU-NATO Cooperation: How to Make the Best of a Marriage of Necessity
By: Kristi Raik, Pauli Järvenpää -
December 13, 2016
Soldiers of Peace: Estonia, Finland and Ireland in UNIFIL
By: Tony Lawrence, Tomas Jermalavicius, Anna Bulakh -
December 05, 2016
Brexit and Baltic Sea Security
By: Riina Kaljurand, Tony Lawrence, Pauli Järvenpää, Tomas Jermalavicius -
May 12, 2016
Closing NATO’s Baltic Gap
By: Wesley K. Clark, Juri Luik, Egon Ramms, Richard Shirreff -
April 19, 2016
Strengthening the Strategic Balance in the Baltic Sea Area
By: Kalev Stoicescu, Henrik Praks -
December 01, 2014
Cooperation and Conflict in the Arctic: A Road Map for Estonia
By: Metthew Bryza, Kalev Stoicescu, Natalja Jegorova -
August 04, 2014
The Eastern Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities for European Integration
By: Alexander Verschoor-Kirss, Anna Bulakh -
February 12, 2014
Comprehensive Security and Integrated Defence
By: Henrik Breitenbauch, Martin Hurt, Tomas Jermalavicius, Pauli Järvenpää, Piret Pernik -
October 14, 2013
Narrow Focus, Broad Vision: A Strategic View of the Eastern Partnership
By: Emmet Tuohy, Anna Bulakh -
September 02, 2013
Cyber Space in Estonia: Greater Security, Greater Challenges
By: Piret Pernik, Emmet Tuohy -
March 15, 2013
Connecting the Baltic States to Europe’s Gas Market
By: Emmet Tuohy, Metthew Bryza -
November 16, 2012
Developments in the Security Environment of the Baltic Sea Region up to 2020
By: Riina Kaljurand, Karlis Neretnieks, Bo Ljung, Julian Tupay -
November 24, 2011
CSDP After Lisbon: Comprehensive Security for Small States?
By: Julian Tupay -
October 26, 2011
Germany’s vote on Libya: no national interest involved; the use of military means questionable
By: Marcel Bouley -
September 05, 2011
Estonia’s Defence Research & Development: Lessons from the past, outlook for the future
By: Tomas Jermalavicius -
April 18, 2011
Maintenance and Repair of Defence Equipment with the Support of the Private Sector. An Overview of the Experiences of European Countries – Pros and Cons
By: Martin Hurt -
December 08, 2009
Defence R&D: Lessons from NATO Allies
By: Tomas Jermalavicius -
November 02, 2009
The Eastern Partnership and Estonia: Policy Recommendations
By: Merle Maigre, Kaarel Kaas