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Gallery: Estonia receives the first batch of combat vehicles CV90

Estonian World / October 13, 2016

The Estonian Defence Forces has received a dozen Swedish-made infantry vehicles CV90, bought from the Netherlands. In late 2014, the Estonian government decided to buy 44 CV90 combat vehicles from the Netherlands, in what has been so far the largest defence procurement project ever for the country, at USD171 million. The vehicles were previously used […]

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Military service in Estonia is worth it

Patrik Maldre / October 6, 2016

As an Estonian expat who first moved abroad at the age of 6 but who returned to Estonia to complete my ajateenistus (military service), I have just one message for those, both here in Estonia and abroad that are considering it now: it is absolutely worth it.* As a small nation in a strategically significant

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Estonia’s role in NATO’s growing cyber capability

Patrik Maldre / September 14, 2016

In June 2014, NATO took a major step forward in the field of cyber defence, announcing that the defence ministers of member states had agreed to adopt an enhanced NATO cyber defence policy (the previous one was adopted in 2011). The policy improves NATO activity in the critical areas of information sharing, mutual assistance, training

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Gallery: German troops in Estonia

Estonian World / September 8, 2016

Germany has taken a more active role in protecting the Baltic states; currently, around 200 German troops are based in the Estonian town of Tapa. Due to a difficult history, the post-WWII Germany avoided sending its military to foreign missions, but this policy has changed in recent decades. This year, the German armed forces saw

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France and Germany take over protecting the Baltic skies

Estonian World / September 1, 2016

France and Germany took over NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission from Portugal and the United Kingdom on 31 August. France will lead the mission until the end of the year, with four Mirage jets based at Šiauliai airbase in Lithuania, while Germany will provide four Eurofighter Typhoon that will fly out of Ämari Air Base

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The US and the Baltics reaffirm their strategic alliance

Sten Hankewitz / August 25, 2016

On the occasion of US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Latvia, the United States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania released a declaration, reaffirming the four countries’ strategic alliance and commitment to cooperation to ensure the security and stability of the region. “Faced with an unpredictable security environment, we commit to deepening our cooperation and our

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JBANC: the ironclad leadership of the US in NATO is critically important

Joint Baltic American National Committee / July 27, 2016

The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) is very concerned with recent misguided statements related to the United States’ commitment to upholding NATO treaty agreements. As a nonpartisan organisation, JBANC believes in and advocates for robust transatlantic relations between the United States and the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. We stand firm

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Donald Trump speaking at a rally in Fountain Hills, Arizona, in March 2016. Courtesy: Gage Skidmore/Wikipedia

“President” Trump wouldn’t automatically rush to NATO allies’ aid

Sten Hankewitz / July 21, 2016

If the New York businessman Donald Trump, who tonight is to accept the Republican nomination for president, would be elected in November, he wouldn’t automatically rush to NATO allies’ aid, he said in an interview. In an interview with the New York Times, published on Wednesday, Trump questioned whether he, as president, would automatically extend

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Edward Lucas: the Warsaw Summit – good but not yet enough

Edward Lucas / July 17, 2016

Warsaw was the best NATO summit since the end of the Cold War. Serious people made serious decisions about serious problems. Taboos tumbled. Russia is a threat to the frontline states (saying that loudly at previous summits would have been controversial). The European Union is a vital partner (time was when Turkey would have been

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NATO approves the deployment of four battalions to the Baltics and Poland

Silver Tambur and Sten Hankewitz / July 8, 2016

The NATO summit held in Warsaw, Poland, officially approved the deployment of four multinational battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to help deter any potential Russian threat to the region. According to the alliance’s plan, the United Kingdom is to send security enforcement to Estonia, the United States to Poland, Germany to Lithuania and

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