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Faculty 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:

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


 

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

Full text is available here in the PDF



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

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Mr 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

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Dr 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

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Dr 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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