The Baltic Defence College's faculty are active in writing for different outside publications and organisations, covering military, strategic, security-related, international and historical issues. This is a repository of their most substantial publications:
Dr Sandis Šrāders, Chief Editor
George Spencer Terry, Editor
THE PARADOX OF POWER: Ukraine’s Struggle, Russia’s Dilemmas and Global Consequences. The Conference on Russia Papers 2024
Published by: University of Tartu Press
Publication date: December 2024
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Kazys Ališauskas
The Lithuanian Wars of Independence 1918-1920
Translated from: Kazys Ališauskas. Kovos dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomybės 1918–1920.
Tomas I. Čikaga, Lietuvių veteranų sąjungos Ramovės leidinys Nr. 5, 1972
Edited by Dr. Asta Maskaliūnaitė, Baltic Defence College
Translated by Prof. Nijolė Maskaliūnienė, Vilnius University
Language editor Mr. George Spencer Terry, Baltic Defence College
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Publication date: 2024
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Publications from: 2008-2010 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2016 | 2017-2019 | 2020-2022 | 2023-2024
Emma Jonsson, Mikael Salo, Eleri Lillemäe, Frank Bruntland Steder,
Thomas Ferst, Kairi Kasearu, Jurate Novagrockiene, Johan Österberg,
Teija Sederholm, Sofia Svensén, Tibor Szvircsev Tresch, Tiia-Triin Truusa
Multifaceted Conscription: A Comparative Study of Six European Countries
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies, 2024, Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp. 19–33
Publication date: March 2024
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AMB Shota Gvineria
Western Dilemma of the War of Attrition
Published in: GEOpolitics, 2024, Issue 3
Publication date: February 2024
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Mr Antek Kasemaa
Some personality-related constructs predicting success in Estonian military conscription training
Published in: Sõjateadlane / Estonian Journal of Military Studies, Vol. 22/2023, pp. 66−107
Publication date: February 2024
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Dr Sandis Šrāders
Ukraine as the top priority for Latvia, Europe and the West
Published in: Latvian Foreign and Security Policy Yearbook 2024. Editors: Sintija Broka, Kārlis Bukovskis. Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA), 2024, pp. 89-97
Publication date: January 2024
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Dr Ülle Säälik, Dr Tiia-Triin Truusa and Dr Artur Meerits
Should leaders “keep the flowers blooming” or just “keep the cogwheels greased?” Estonian soldiers’ perceptions of the role of a military leader
Published in: Journal of Baltic Studies
Publication date: January 2024
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LTC (ret) Albertas Kondrotas
Žudanti koncepcija
Published in: Karys, 2024, Issue 1, pp. 38-43
Publication date: January 2024
Language: Lithuanian
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Dr Zdzisław Śliwa
The Impact of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine on Estonian Security
Published in: Studia Europejskie – Studies in European Affairs, 2023, Issue 4, pp. 71-92
Publication date: January 2024
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Dr Viljar Veebel
Estonia: Supporting Fast-Track Enlargements
Published in: Enlargement and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals. Edited by Michael Kaeding, Johannes Pollak, Paul Schmidt. Springer, 2023, pp. 33-37
Publication date: January 2024
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Dr Zdzisław Śliwa
Od odstraszania do obrony – wyzwania bezpieczeństwa państw bałtyckich
Published in: Bezpieczeństwo Narodowe, Vol. 2023/43, pp. 9-40
Publication date: December 2023
Language: Polish
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Dr Viljar Veebel
The War in Ukraine: Estonia and European Strategic Autonomy Responding to Russia
Published in: Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review, Vol. 21, Issue 1 (2023), pp. 153–170.
Publication date: December 2023
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Dr Viljar Veebel and Dr Illimar Ploom
Estonian Fears, Hopes, and Efforts–Russian War Against Ukraine
Published in: Polarization, Shifting Borders and Liquid Governance: Studies on Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region. Edited by Anja Mihr, Chiara Pierobon. Springer, 2024, pp. 335-348
Publication date: December 2023
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Dr Dumitru Minzarari
The Strategic Implications of Ukraine’s Strikes in the Black Sea
Published in: RUSI Newsbrief
Publication date: November 2023
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Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa, Dr Aleksander Olech, Mr Piotr Dutkiewicz
Arktyczne aspiracje Chin a ich relacje z Federacją Rosyjską (China’s Arctic aspirations and its relations with the Russian Federation)
Published in: Bezpieczeństwo: Teoria i Praktyka = Security: Theory and Practice, 2023, Issue 1, pp. 147-165
Publication date: Autumn 2023
Language: Polish
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Dr Lukáš Dyčka
The Baltic Response to the Russian-Ukrainian War: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Defence Policy Changes
Published in: Lessons Learned from Russia's Full-Scale Invasion in Ukraine. National Institute for Public Policy: Occasional Paper, Vol 3, No 10, 2023, pp 41- 61
Publication date: October 2023
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Mr George Spencer Terry
Rearticulating the Italian right’s perception of Russia: legitimacy and rupture in the post-invasion landscape
Published in: European Politics and Society
Publication date: October 2023
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Dr Dumitru Minzarari
An Assessment of Russia's Way of War in the Wake of Its Aggression in Ukraine
Published in: Russia's War on Ukraine: Strategic and Operational Designs and Implementations, National Defence University Department of Warfare, Series 2: Research Reports No. 29, 2023, pp. 10-20.
Publication date: September 2023
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Dr Dumitru Minzarari
Moldova Reduces Russian Embassy Staff in Lead-Up to Busy Electoral Season
Published in: Eurasia Daily Monitor, 2023, Vol. 20, Issue 135
Publication date: September 2023
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Dr Peteris F. Timofejevs and Mr Louis Wierenga
Making tomorrow’s leaders. The transnationalism of radical right youth organizations in the Baltic Sea area, 2015–2019
Published in: Baltic Worlds, 2023, Vol. 16, Issue 3, pp. 62-77
Publication date: August 2023
Full text is available hereMr George Spencer Terry
Downstream Influence in the Russo-Ukrainian War: Grand Strategy War Gaming as a Novel Approach to Influence Operations
Published in: Journal on Baltic Security, 2023, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 98-120
Publication date: June 2023
Full text is available hereDr Zdzislaw Sliwa, Mr Louis Wierenga
Facing an unknown future – The Baltic countries’ destiny
Published in: The Baltic states and new security challenges in flux, IES Policy Papers, Vol. 3/2023. Edited by Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik, Tomasz Stępniewski. Lublin: Institute of Central Europe, 2023, pp. 11-40
Publication date: June 2023
Full text is available hereDr Asta Maskaliūnaitė
The Interdisciplinarity Challenge for Terrorism Studies
Published in: A Research Agenda for Terrorism Studies. Edited by Lara A. Frumkin, John F. Morrison, and Andrew Silke. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, pp. 91-106
Publication date: February 2023
Dr COL (ret) Zdzislaw Sliwa, Dr Mariusz Antoni Kamiński
Poland's Threat Assessment: Deepened, Not Changed
Published in: PRISM, 2023, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 130-147
Publication date: March 2023
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LTC (ret) Albertas Kondrotas
Karas be pasirinkimo
Published in: Kardas, 2023, No. 1, pp. 28-36
Publication date: March 2023
Language: Lithuanian
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Dr COL (ret) Zdzislaw Sliwa
Poland as a Front-Line Nation in the Wake of Russian Aggression in Ukraine
Published in: Sõjateadlane / Estonian Journal of Military Studies, Vol. 20/2022, pp. 123-140
Publication date: January 2023
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Dr Viljar Veebel, Dr Illimar Ploom, Dr Vladimir Sazonov
How to Outplay a “Mad Man” Strategy: Lessons from Russian Aggression in Ukraine
Published in: Sõjateadlane / Estonian Journal of Military Studies, Vol. 20/2022, pp. 14-40
Publication date: January 2023
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Dr Viljar Veebel, Dr Illimar Ploom
President Putin: A holy mad man or a brave but trapped chicken in Ukraine?
Published in: Comparative Strategy, 2023, Vol. 42, Issue 1, pp. 61-79
Publication date: January 2023
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Dr Sandis Šrāders, Chief Editor
George Spencer Terry, Editor
The Winter of Russia’s Discontent: Russia’s Futures from Within and Without. The Conference on Russia Papers 2023
Published by: University of Tartu Press
Publication date: December 2022
Full text is available here in the PDF
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