The title is self-explanatory—Russia is an aggressive state that has to be deterred
Almost a year ago, the RAND Corporation published the report "
Deterring ... ... Baltic States Through Resilience"
In the very beginning, the authors state that the governments and citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Estonia are facing Russian propaganda and other nonmilitary activities on a daily basis. And that is just a part of ...
Russia could become an equal co-author of a new security system in the Baltic region ... ... security formula: the balance of power, the structural peculiarities of Russia and NATO, arms control regimes and institutions, political identity, new areas of competition... ... the procurement of new weapons and military equipment. The contribution of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is minimal: these countries are consumers of security, although...
Ivan Timofeev, Program Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), and RIAC Program Coordinator Anna Kuznetsova took part in the meeting of experts “Russia, Latvia, and Europe after the Warsaw NATO Summit” that was held in Riga on October 29, 2016 within the framework of the Riga Conference on international security issues.
The event was organized jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and the Latvian Institute ...