Baltic Security Foundation

Baltic Sea Security Initiative

The Future of Belarus?

The Belarusian elections occurred last Sunday, August 9th, and pitted incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko against political outsider Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

[NATO]

Moving the Front Lines: Could Recent Moves in Europe Signal an Adjustment of U.S. Focus Eastward?

In June the Trump administration announced its decision to pull 9,500 U.

[Geopolitics]

Military Exercises in Kaliningrad Highlight Maritime Threats

For eight or nine days beginning on April 20th, around the same time that NATO and Estonian forces were holding the Spring Storm Exercises, Russia held exercises of its own in the Kaliningrad Oblast’.

[Cooperation]

Spring Storm Exercises Demonstrate Ongoing Commitment to Deterrence, Readiness

Each year, Estonia hosts Spring Storm (Kevadtorm), bringing together forces from all across NATO to conduct field and live-fire exercises.

[Geopolitics]

Javelin Deliveries and the Prospects of Tank Warfare in the Baltics

At the beginning of this month, the U.S. delivered 128 javelin anti-tank missiles to Estonia, part of ongoing cooperation between the two countries.

[Cooperation]

The Three Seas Initiative

Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States would commit up to $1 Billion in support for the Three Seas Initiative.

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