European and Estonian security
At the moment, NATO cannot successfully defend the territory of its most exposed members, including Estonia, RAND Corporation, a global policy think tank, says in its recent analysis. The think tank analysed a series of wargames conducted in the Baltics between the summer of 2014 and the spring of 2015, …
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The Estonian Ministry of Defence, in cooperation with Georgia, has prepared a training and exercise package aimed at raising the southern European country’s cyber security capability. The two countries have opened an extensive cyber related series of trainings in Georgia, in order to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of Georgian governmental …
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Since May last year, Estonian peacekeepers have been based in border area, separating Lebanon and Israel, as part of the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission. Estonian peacekeepers are conducting patrols; training and patrolling with the Lebanese Armed Forces as well as carrying out other peacekeeping duties from their base in Tiri, …
The 40th rotation of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission will take place on 7 January in Lithuania and Estonia as responsibility for the mission will be transferred from Hungary and Germany to Spain and Belgium. Spain will lead the Baltic Air Policing mission for the first four months of …
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The United Kingdom will be at the forefront of a high-readiness force that includes Estonia. On 30 November, the British defence secretary, Michael Fallon, committed the UK to a leading role in the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), which will include Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway, and could …
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The Netherlands and Estonia are to set up a platform on the norms of conduct in cyberspace. An agreement to make it happen was reached in Brussels on 16 November by Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders and his Estonian counterpart Marina Kaljurand during talks on international cyber security. In recent …
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Michael Lambert explores the state of Nordic defence cooperation in light of recent Russian aggression. Military cooperation between Northern European countries has been difficult to implement, especially because of diverging interests among countries bordering the Baltic Sea. This unique space includes Russia and its military outpost located in the oblast …
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The United Kingdom is to deploy its troops to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland; according to the country’s defence secretary, Michael Fallon, the troops will be involved in training, evaluation and capacity-building mission. The deployment is partly related to the Russian air strikes in Syria and to counter the tensions …
Twelve A-10C Thunderbolt IIs of the United States Air Force (USAF) were deployed to Ämari Air Base in Estonia on 21 September, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Approximately 300 airmen and support equipment were also deployed to bases across Europe with the A-10s from the 23rd Wing. While in …
Two United States Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptors recently landed at Ämari Air Base, Estonia, as part of their European mission. This forward deployment of the Raptors was part of the inaugural F-22 training deployment to Europe and is funded by the European Reassurance Initiative, which provides support to bolster …
