Publications

1. November, 2021

Viljar Veebel: Are the Russian Speakers in Baltic States particularly vulnerable to Russia’s disinformation and fake news?

The article discusses the vulnerability of certain target groups to Russia’s disinformation and fake news campaigns as well as assesses the possibility to counteract Russia’s actions. The article focuses on five thematic categories, such as West-related narratives, NATO-related narratives, Russia related narratives, governance-related narratives, and

22. October, 2021

Sandis Šrāders and George Spencer Terry: The Biden Doctrine and the Baltic States. From Rhetoric to Action

The election of Joseph R. Biden as president of the United States has had profound implications not only for domestic US politics but also for US international partners abroad. Due to Donald Trump’s statements about NATO being obsolete and past alliances as unnecessary, one of

16. October, 2021

Julian Lindley-French: Citius, Altius, Fortius? Afghanistan, NATO 2030 and the 2022 Strategic Concept

Citius, altius, fortius? In April 2008, I was despatched to write a high-level report entitled “Afghanistan: The Way Ahead in the South”. The report remains confidential but its final two sentences were prophetic. “Some countries forgive mediocrity. Afghanistan is no such country”. The defeat in

14. October, 2021

Žaneta Ozoliņa: The European Union’s Strategic Autonomy: a Practical Solution or Verbal Ambitions?

The commonly used concept of “strategic autonomy” is certainly part of the political discourse rhetoric of the European Union (EU), over which many spears have been broken in recent years. Since 2016, when Member States adopted the EU Global Strategy Paper, Europe had to face

30. August, 2021

Aliaksei Kazharski: Belarus and the EU after the 2020 Awakening: Limited Room for Maneuver?

The year 2020 brought unprecedented change to Belarus. Following evidence of massive fraud during the August presidential election and the ensuing brutal crackdown on protestors, which included violent deaths and tortures, Belarus’s civil society found new forms of mobilization and selforganization resulting in hundreds of

14. April, 2021

Ramina Shut and Dr. Oksana Manchulenko: The US-Ukraine Relations Under the New Administration: What to Expect?

The United States is a global superpower and its influence is far from underestimated. Even without abusing the democratic system, the President retains an important role as the highest political spokesman of the American nation and the main individual player on the international stage. For

12. November, 2020

Gunda Reire: A Clever Servant But A Dangerous Master. Societal Responses To Technological Development And The Infodemic

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is not a prediction anymore; it is here and it reaches far beyond technology development and future economy. Its speed is exponential, accelerating deep systemic change in every aspect of human life and societal transformation. The question is whether societies around

11. November, 2020

Julian Lindley-French: COVID-19, Europe’s Defence And The Riga Test

What are the implications for the Allied defence of Riga of COVID-19? Defence budgets will probably be plundered in many European countries to pay for ‘human’ (health) security, the growing gap between Allied defence, deterrence and threat will further increase, a further European retreat from

10. November, 2020

Sandis Šrāders: How The Pandemic Has Reshaped The Global Order – China And The United States

There has never been any explicit world order that has been natural, autarkic, and self-sustained. The only exception might a world order with ‘rule of the jungle’ where in the powerful subdue the weak. Despite the seemingly beneficial and all-inclusive liberal world order supported by

9. November, 2020

Nazli Choucri, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Marc Rotenberg: Social Contract For The Artificial Intelligence Age. Safety, Security & Sustainability For AI World

Advances in information and communication technologies -- global Internet, social media, Internet of Things and a range of related science-driven innovations -- are recognized almost everyone and everywhere Less well appreciated are the accelerated advances in Artificial Intelligence and its far-ranging applications that are shaping

8. November, 2020

Martin Svárovský: NATO Relevance On Both Sides Of The Atlantic

Over the last five years, NATO has undergone deep modernization of its command structure and force posture. Three consecutive summits have proven NATO’s adaptability to the new security environment created by Russian aggression on Ukraine and the increased assertiveness of Putin’s regime. Two important strategic

7. November, 2020

Brian Whitmore: The Revisionist: Why The West Has A Russia Problem And What To Do About It

With Moscow’s tacit support, ethnic Russians in the Estonian city of Narva vote to declare autonomy and threaten to block rail lines, sparking fears of unrest. The Kremlin provides weapons and support to both sides in separatist conflicts in Georgia’s Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions,

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