Academic Publications
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:
Publications from: 2008-2010 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2016 | 2017-2019| 2020 - 2022
Publications from 2022
Author: COL (ret.) Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
China’s Footprint in the Baltic Sea Region: The Cases of Sweden and
Estonia;
in: Olevs Nikers, Otto Tabuns (editors) Between Brussels and Beijing.
The Transatlantic Response to the Chinese Presence in the Baltic Sea
Region;
pp. 13-35.
Published by: The Jamestown Foundation.
Publication date: Washington, DC, December 2022.
Language: English
Link: here
Author: Louis Wierenga
U.S. MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WHAT’S NEXT?
Published by: Trójmorze
Publication date: 8. December 2022
Language: English
Link: here
Author: Dumitru Minzarari
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons for the Effective Defence of
Eastern Partnership Countries
Published by: Swedish Institute for International Affairs
Publication date: 12. December 2022
Language: English
Link: here
Author: Dumitru Minzarari
Moldova: Security Dimension in the Eastern Partnership after Russia’s
War of Aggression on Ukraine
Published by: Zentrum Liberale Moderne
Publication date: 5. Dec 2022
Language: English
Link: pdf
Authors: COL (ret.) Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa, Commodore (res.) Hans Helseth,
Dr Viljar Veebel
THE BALTIC SEA ISLANDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE REGIONAL
SECURITY
Published by: Centrum Balticum Foundation, BSR Policy Briefing series 10/2022
Publication date: Turku, October 2022
Language: English
Link: pdf
Author: Shota Gvineria
The Hybrid Challenge to Euro-Atlantic Security
in THE RĪGA
CONFERENCE POLICY BRIEF 2022
Published by: LATO
Publication Date: 14. March, 2022
Language: English
Link: here
Author: Dumitru Minzarari
NATO-Aligned States with a Russia-Centric Security Agenda: Romania
in T. Tardy (ed.), Nations of NATO: Shaping the Alliance’s Relevance and
Cohesion, pp.300-321
Published by: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: November 2022
Language: English
Link: here
Authors: Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa, Dr Aleksander Ksawery Olech
Rosyjskie widmo agresji w Estonii
Published by: Portal Trójmorze 2022
Publication date: Warsaw, 01 September 2022
Language: Polish
Link: https://trimarium.pl/projekt/rosyjskie-widmo-agresji-w-estonii/
Authors: LTC Edgars Allers, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
The voluntary forces’ role within the security systems of the Baltic
countries: dissimilar but cohesive
Published by: Security Theory and Practice (Bezpieczeństwo teoria i praktyka), No. 3 (XLVIII), ISSN 1899-6264, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University; DOI: 10.48269/2451-0718-btip-2022-3-012
Publication date: Kraków 2022
Language: English
Link: here
Authors: Dr Anna Llanos-Antczak, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
Evolution of Regional Cooperation Frameworks in Eastern Europe (1990–2021).The Role of Poland as a Regional Actor
Published by: Srodkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne (Central European Political Studies), No 1 (2022), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, DOI 10.14746/ssp.2022.1.1
Publication date: Poznan, June 2022
Language: English
Link: here
Author: Dr Ronald TI
Russia's War in Ukraine: Russian Military Logistics
Published by: International Centre for Defence and Security. 3, Online, 4 p., Policy Brief no. 3.
Publication date: 3 June 2022
Language: English
Link: here
Authors: Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa, Dr Aleksander Ksawery Olech
Wyzwania w kontekscie migracji i kryzys na granicy
polsko-bialoruskiej
(The Challenges in the Context of Migration and the Crisis on the
Polish-Belarusian Border)
Published by: Wiedza Obronna, Volume 278, Issue 1, Towarzystwo Wiedzy
Obronnej, DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34752/2022-d278
Publication date: Warsaw, 2022
Language: Polish
Link:
here
Authors: Chief Editor Dr. Sandis Šraders
Editor George Spencer
Terry
The Conference on Russia Papers 2022
Published by: University of Tartu Press
Publication date: Tartu, February 2022
Language: English
Link:
here
Author: Dr Ronald TI
Better not re-invent the wheel: how Ireland might benefit from Australia’s comprehensive approach to its Army Reserve.
Published by: Defence Forces Review. 2021, p. 90-97
Publication date: 2 February 2022
Language: English
Link: PDF
Author: Louis Wierenga
Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats in the Digital Baltic states: A state of the art
Published by: “Commonalities, Risks and Lessons for Small Democracies: Hybrid Threats in Baltics and Taiwan
Publication date: 2022
Language: English
Link: PDF
Authors: Dr Anna Antczak, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
Manipulation and Propaganda in the Russian Media: The Case of the Vriemia News Programme (2017-2019)
Published by: Contemporary Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, University of Economics and Human Sciences
DOI : 10.5709/ce.1897-9254.464
Publication date: Warsaw, 2022
Language: English
Link: here
Authors: Einike Pilli and Tiia-Triin Truusa
Assessment in Professional Military Education
Published by: University of Tartu Press
Publication date: Tartu, October 2021
Language: English
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Chief Editor: Dr Sandis Šraders
Editor: Dr Viljar Veebel
The Russia Conference Papers 2021
Published by: University of Tartu Press
Publication date: Tartu, March 2021
Language: English
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Authors: Dr Eugeniusz Cieslak, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
Addressing Russian Threat. Changes to Defence Policies of the Nordic States After 2014
Published by: Annals of Social Sciences, Volume 13 (49), The Academic Society of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, online first
DOI https://doi.org/10.18290/rns21494.1
Publication date: Lublin, December 2021
Language: English
Link: here
Authors: Dr Viljar Veebel, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa, Dr Illimar Ploom
The Soleimani effect: a risk for small states in Europe
Published by: Global Affairs, Volume 7, Issue 6/ 2021, pp. 2-20; DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/23340460.2021.2018343
Publication date: Taylor & Francis Group, London 2021
Language: English
Link: here
Author: Dr Ronald TI
The Strategic Vulnerability of NATO Blood Supply Logistics: a Case Study of Estonian National Defence
Published by: Defense and Security Analysis. 38, 3
Publication date: 18 November 2021
Language: English
Link: here
Authors: Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa, Dr Romuald Kalinowski, Mr Daivis Petraitis
Toward Comprehensive Defense: The Case of the Baltic States since 2014
Published by:Safety & Defense, Vol 7 No 3/2021, pp. 71-81; DOI: https://doi.org/10.37105/sd.169
Publication date: 2021
Language: English
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Authors: Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa, Joakim Paasikivi
Defence cooperation between Sweden and Finland. Brothers in arms in the Nordic and beyond
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyza w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim, Studia Administracji i Bezpieczenstwa, Vol 10 No 10 2021, pp. 123-144
Publication date: 2021
Language: English
Link: Full article
Compiled and Edited: Art Johanson
General Nikolai Reek Writings on Operations and Leadership. Including Operation Albion and Battle of Cesis
Published by: Baltic Defence College
Publication date: Tartu, September 2021
Language: English
Link: here
Author: Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
RUSSIAN AFFILIATED PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR
Published by: Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences. No 20/2021, ISBN 978-9985-67-356-0 (pdf), pp. 99-124
Publication date: Tallinn, 2021
Language: English
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Author: COL (ret.) Dr. Çlirim TOCI
The Belarus Crisis: the Weaponisation of Migration
Published by: Beyond the Horizon, Brussels, Belgium.
Publication date: 9 November 2021
Language: English
Read online: here
Author: Col (res) Ron Ti
Plenty of Froth but Little Substance? The Review, Security Innovation and the Market
Published by: King’s College London
Publication date: October 2021
Language: English
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Author: COL (ret.) Dr Çlirim TOCI
The Art of Defence Diplomacy in the New Security Environment, page 6-7.
Published by: The Defence (the Paper), the Ministry of Defence of Albania, Tirana, Albania, Nr. 39 (827737)
Publication date: 24 September 2021
Language: Albanian
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Authors: Dr Slawomir Wojciechowski, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
Odstraszanie militarne oraz odpornosc strategiczna panstw w rejonie pólnocno-wschodniej flanki NATO;
(The Military Deterrence and Strategic Resilience Within the NATO North-Eastern Flank)
Published by: Roczniki Nauk Spolecznych Tom 13 (49), pp. 49-64, DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rns21492-10
Publication date: September 2021
Language: Polish
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Author: Dr. Zdzislaw Sliwa
Challenges for the Land Corridors of the ‘One Belt, One Road’ Project
Published by: De Securitate et Defensione. O Bezpieczenstwie i Obronnosci, Vol. 7 No. 1 July – December /2021, pp. 27-41 DOI: https://doi.org/10.34739/dsd.2021.01.02
Publication date: July 2021
Language: English
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Author: Dr. Zdzislaw Sliwa
„NATO and Baltic Security”; pp. 16-23
Author: William Combes
„The Maritime Responsibilities of Involved Stakeholders”; pp. 98–101
Published in: Olevs Nickers and Otto Tabuns (eds); Baltic Sea Security Regional and Sectoral Perspectives, The Jamestown Foundation, Washington D.C. 2021
Publication date: May 2021
Language: English
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Author: COL (ret.) Dr. ÇlirimTOCI
Essay Title: ‘How does migration affect national security?’, Pages: 19-35
Magazine/Publisher:Horizon Insights/Quarterly Journal by Beyond the Horizon ISSG –Vol. 4, Issue 1, Brussels, Belgium.
Language: English
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Compiled and Edited: Art Johanson
VISIONS CANNOT BE NEGLECTED-COMPILATION OF GENERALPETERIS RADZINŠ WRITINGS
Published by: Baltic Defence College
Publication date: Tartu, August 2020
Language: English
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Author: Dr Sandis Šraders
SMALL BALTIC STATES AND THE EURO-ATLANTIC SECURITY COMMUNITY
(Estonian: Kuidas vältida läbikukkumist kaitsekoostöös? Euroopa strateegilise autonoomia algatus)
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan
Published in: 2020
Published language: English
Author: Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
The Arctic Council as a Forum for Peaceful Cooperation in the Arctic
Published by: The Yearbook of International Security (Rocznik Bezpieczenstwa Miedzynarodowego) Vol. 14, No 2/2020, pp. 214-237; DOI:https://doi.org/10.34862/rbm.2020.2.12
Publication date: Wroclaw, 2020
Published language: English
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Authors: Dr Lukáš Dycka, LTC Taivo Rõkk, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
DEFENCE STRATEGIES OF THE SMALLER NATO STATES – A COMPARATIVE STUDY
(Obranné strategie malých státu NATO – komparativní studie)
Published by: Czech Military Review (Vojenské rozhledy). Vol. 29, No 4/2020; DOI: 10.3849/2336-2995.29.2020.04.023-045
Publication date: Brno, 2020
Published language: English
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Authors: Dr Eugeniusz Cieslak, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa
INTERNAL SECURITY IN POLAND AFTER 2015. THREATS AND RESPONSES
Published by: Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences. No 18/2020, ISBN 978-9985-67-304-1 (PDF)
Publication date: Tallinn, 2020
Published language: English
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Author: Dr. Viljar Veebel
HOW TO AVOID FAILURE IN EUROPEAN DEFENCE COOPERATION?
(Estonian: Kuidas vältida läbikukkumist kaitsekoostöös? Euroopa strateegilise autonoomia algatus)
Published by: Proceedings of Estonian Parliament, 41 (2020)
Published in: 2020
Published langugage: Estonian
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Author: Dr. Viljar Veebel, Liia Vihmand, Illimar Ploom and Raul
Markus
WESTERN MISPERCEPTION WHEN DETERRING RUSSIA: CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC
FACTORS
Published by: Journal of Politics and Law, 13/3
Published in: 2020
Published langugage: English
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Author:
Dr Lukáš Dycka, Dr Jirí Neubauer, Dr Jakub Odehnal, Dr Tereza
Ambler
Published in: 2020
Published language: English
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DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY SPENDING DETERMINANTS IN BALTIC COUNTRIES - EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Published by: Economies 2020, 8(3), 68 doi:10.3390/economies8030068Published in: 2020
Published language: English
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Author: Dr. Zdzislaw Sliwa, Dr. Krzysztof Zaleski
MODERNIZATION OF THE POLISH AIR FORCE
Published by: WSB University Dabrowa Górnicza
Publication date:Security Forum Volume 4 No 1, 2020, DOI:
10.26410/SF_1/20/6
Published language: English
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Author: Kevin Blachford
REVISITING THE EXPANSION THESIS: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY AND THE ROLE OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY AS A MERCHANT EMPIRE
Published by: European Journal of International Relations
Published in: 2020
Published language: English
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Author: Kevin Blachford
THE BALANCE OF POWER AND THE POWER STRUGGLES OF THE POLIS
Published by: Journal of International Political Theory
Published in: 2020
Published language: English
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Author: Kevin Blachford
WESTERN ORIENTALISM AND THE THREAT FROM RUSSIA
Published by: Comparative Strategy, Volume 39, 2020, Issue 4
Published online: 30 June 2020
Published in: 2020
Published language: English
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Author: Dr. Viljar Veebel, Dr. Zdzislaw Sliwa, Dr. Illimar Ploom
THE NATO “DEFENDER 2020” EXERCISE IN THE BALTIC STATES: WILL MEASURED ESCALATION LEAD TO CREDIBLE DETERRENCE OR PROVOKE AN ESCALATION?
Published by: Comparative Strategy, Volume 39, 2020, Issue 4, pages 368-384
Published online: 30 June 2020
Published in: 2020
Published language: English
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Author: Dr. Zdzislaw Sliwa, Nurlan Aliyev, PhD candidate
STRATEGIC COMPETITION OR POSSIBILITIES FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA IN THE ARCTIC
Published by: The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Volume 33, 2020, Issue 2, pages 214-236
Published online: 03 July 2020Published in: 2020
Published language: English
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Author: Dr. Viljar Veebel, Liia Vihmand
Living in confronting or parallel strategic narratives? The reasons behind the missing security dialogue between Russia and the Baltic States.
Publisehed by: Journal on Baltic Security, 5 (2), 1-12.
Published in: 2020
Published langugage: English
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Living in confronting or parallel strategic narratives? The reasons behind the missing security dialogue between Russia and the Baltic States.
Publisehed by: Journal on Baltic Security, 5 (2), 1-12.
Published in: 2020
Published langugage: English
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Author: Dr. Viljar Veebel
STRATEGIC CHALLENGES IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION: RUSSIA; DETERRENCE,
AND REASSURANCE
Published by: Journal of Securuty and Defence Analysis, 36/3
Published in: 2020
Published langugage: English
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