The Arctic has become an additional test of transatlantic cohesion after the Trump administration's claim to Greenland. The Europeanisation of NATO serves two purposes in this regard: strengthening Eu...

Defence industrial bases are vital for security of supply to the armed forces. Forgoing domestic production risks industrial dependency, which describes the need for imports due to a lack of industria...

Serbia's snap election on 25 October has raised high expectations for a viable challenger. A victorious Student List, however, would enter government with an incomplete programme and face a deeply ent...

Rahvusvahelise Kaitseuuringute Keskuse (RKK) 2026. aasta 39. nädala uudiskiri. RKK teadurid kommenteerivad olulisi sündmusi ja suundumusi välispoliitikas ja julgeolekuvaldkonnas.

Serbia's snap election on 25 October has raised high expectations for a viable challenger. A victorious Student List, however, would enter government with an incomplete programme and face a deeply ent...

The Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden) are emerging as a model for the Europeanisation of NATO. They have enhanced their political and mil...

Up to 1.5 mn Russians have taken part in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine since 2022. Three pathways to bar them from entering the EU are open today: national designations in the Schengen In...

Up to 1.5 mn Russians have taken part in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine since 2022. Three pathways to bar them from entering the EU are open today: national designations in the Schengen In...

There are credible signs that Russia is preparing the ground for a mobilisation. Unlike in the autumn of 2022, Moscow does not need a mass call-up of reservists. Russia can replenish, or even grow, it...

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia’s intelligence ecosystem has redirected its priorities toward supporting the war effort while adapting to a more constrained and conte...

There are credible signs that Russia is preparing the ground for a mobilisation. Unlike in the autumn of 2022, Moscow does not need a mass call-up of reservists. Russia can replenish, or even grow, it...

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia’s intelligence ecosystem has redirected its priorities toward supporting the war effort while adapting to a more constrained and conte...

The Kremlin should listen up.

Pärast kahe Vene oligarhi ELi sanktsiooninimekirjast eemaldamist kerkib küsimus, kas Prantsusmaa jaoks on Vene sanktsioonid põhimõtteline teema või kauplemise vahend, nendib Rahvusvahelise Kaitseuurin...

Venemaa teeks Taiwani konflikti korral tõenäoliselt midagi Hiinale kasulikku, sest Ukraina sõda on neist teinud Pekingi käsualuse, arvab Jaapani julgeolekuekspert Masafumi Iida.

The Kremlin once again used an electoral event to demonstrate the stability of its political system; the Yabloko party was removed from the ballot to preclude even the hypothetical institutionalisatio...

The German government recently attributed to Russia an attempted attack at Leipzig Airport involving a drone carrying explosives.

Rahvusvahelise Kaitseuuringute Keskuse (RKK) 2026. aasta 38. nädala uudiskiri. RKK teadurid kommenteerivad olulisi sündmusi ja suundumusi välispoliitikas ja julgeolekuvaldkonnas.

At their 2025 summit in The Hague, NATO Allies agreed on a new 5% defence spending goal: by 2035, 3.5% of each country’s GDP should be allocated to hard defence and 1.5% to defence-related projects. W...

President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping will meet for their second summit of 2026 in Washington, DC on September 24. Many of the same issues from their May summit remain on the agenda — trade ...

The German government recently attributed to Russia an attempted attack at Leipzig Airport involving a drone carrying explosives.

Europe is discovering, once again, that the hardest battles in Brussels are not necessarily fought over policy. They are fought over who gets to make it.

NATO should remain central to a multilayered European security architecture in which European leaders also engage each other in a number of ad hoc formats to deal with the reduction of US military com...

Europe is discovering, once again, that the hardest battles in Brussels are not necessarily fought over policy. They are fought over who gets to make it.

Russia is attacking Ukraine with increasing force, and since Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumes that Russia can endure longer, it is not particularly likely that he will ever seek to conclude a pea...

Venemaa on aina jõulisemalt Ukrainat ründamas ning kuivõrd Venemaa juhi Vladimir Putini eeldus on, et Venemaa peab kauem vastu, pole kuigivõrd tõenäoline, et Putin kunagi hakkaks Ukrainaga rahulepet s...

While the US is keen to continue its diplomatic efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, both Kyiv and Moscow prepare for another winter of war, expected to be more exhausting than the previous ones.