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During the allied Saber Strike exercise this summer, Estonia will host a record number of US troops; while the exact number is unknown, it’s estimated over 500 units of US military kit would participate in the exercise. The Saber Strike exercise will be one of US Army Europe’s largest multinational exercises this summer in a […]
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The Tallinn Manual, the most influential handbook for legal advisers dealing with cyber defence issues, was announced as a 2016 inductee into the Cybersecurity Canon, a book list that celebrates authors and works of literature that accurately depict the history, milestones and culture of the modern cybersecurity industry. The Tallinn Manual won in the cyber warfare
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The United Kingdom is to send Typhoon fighter jets and the Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke to the Baltics to bolster the region’s security. The Typhoon jets and the Iron Duke will deploy to the Baltic this month as part of the UK’s commitment to eastern European allies, the ministry of defence said in
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Linas Jegelevicius, Estonian World’s new contributor from Lithuania, asked Baltic scholars and security experts, which US presidential candidate would suit the Baltics best. On the Republican side, they are dropping out of the race one after another, but those left in it are clashing mercilessly one against the other. Importantly to the Baltics, none of
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The United States has come up with plans to position more US troops, tanks and other armoured vehicles full time along NATO’s eastern borders to defend the allies from a potential Russian aggression, the Wall Street Journal reported today, adding this would be the first such deployment since the end of the Cold War. The
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What if there’s a way to use private data for intended purposes and not actually breach anyone’s privacy? Thanks to the Estonian company, Cybernetica, it is not a distant future technology but a reality today. On one hand, our society has been reshaped by technology – we rely extensively on technology, software programmes are being
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According to a research paper by Chatham House, a British think-tank, the techniques and methods used by Russia in the Ukraine conflict have roots in traditional Soviet approaches and shouldn’t have surprised anyone; moreover, the paper calls the strategic interests of the West and Russia “fundamentally incompatible”. Chatham House, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in
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Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and its military actions in Ukraine have led transatlantic policy-makers to reassess collective defence arrangements across what is frequently referred to as NATO’s “eastern flank”. Extending north partially beyond the “eastern flank” is a region that comprises eight Nordic and Baltic states, which have become increasingly interdependent
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The Estonian defence solutions provider, Milrem, is to showcase its hybrid unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to key American defence suppliers. The company will join the Estonian prime minister, Taavi Rõivas, in his visit to the United States next week. As part of a delegation of renowned Estonian defence and technology companies, Milrem will present its
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The Estonian government has taken part in a week-long NATO Crisis Management Exercise (CMX16) that consisted of five government sessions led by the prime minister and two National Defence Council sessions, led by the president. The participants of the exercise were the NATO headquarters, NATO Command Structure, allied capitals and Permanent Representations to NATO. NATO’s
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