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Margaret Thatcher, 1925–2013

The reaction to Margaret Thatcher’s death, on 8 April at the age of 87, has been predictably enormous. Internationally she has largely been lauded, certainly in Central and Eastern Europe wh...

As Moscow Shifts to Eastern Energy Vector, Gazprom Faces Uncertain Future

Gazprom has long enjoyed the title of Russia’s “national energy champion,” but in a race to meet rising energy demand in Asia, Moscow’s shifting gas strategy could enable the rise of alterna..

Russian Military 2013 – Short-term Prognosis

The last forecast was written against the background of general instability in Russia that caused a degree of uncertainty regarding the developments in the Russian military. However, several...

Connecting the Baltic States to Europe's Gas Market

More than two decades after the end of the Soviet occupation, and eight years after they joined NATO and the European Union, the Baltic republics remain disintegrated from the rest of Europe..

Estimating the Financial Cost of Conflict on Estonian Territory: a Methodology

This background paper, which has been prepared in response to a request from the Estonian Ministry of Defence, investigates the feasibility of assessing the cost of a conflict on Estonian te...

Opinions on the Estonian Defence Forces before and after conscription – 2012

The sixth consecutive annual survey on conscripts’ and reservists’ attitudes to the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) confirmed that young men continued to view conscription and their completed ..

Baltic Energy Interconnections Maps

As part of its mission to sharpen strategic thinking and inform public debate on issues of critical importance to the security of Estonia and the Euro-Atlantic community, the International C...

Archive

Finland and NATO: Inching Towards Membership?
17.05.2013
The human terrain of the conflict in Mali
06.05.2013	RSS ATOM

Pauli Järvenpää joins the International Centre for Defence Studies

On May 1, the International Centre for Defence Studies (ICDS) in Tallinn welcomed a new staff member, Ambassador Pauli Järvenpää – a former Finnish diplomat and s...

Google's William Echikson visited ICDS

Today, May 2, 2013, William Echikson, Head of Free Expression Policy and PR for Europe, Middle East, & Africa at Google, visited ICDS for a private discussion on ...

Connecting the Baltic States to Europe's Gas Market

On 27 March, International Centre for Defence Studies held a seminar to present a recently published paper on how to facilitate emergence of a free-market trading...