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Contents
The Persistent Demand for Defense Institution Building
NATO’s Defense Institution Building and Projecting Stability: Current Priorities and Activities
Defense Institution Building in the U.S. Context
NATO’s Defense Institution Building in the Age of Hybrid Warfare
Defense Against Negative Strategic Communications
Defense Institution Building from Above? Lessons from the Baltic Experience
Ukraine’s Security Sector Reform: Is Ukraine Taking Western Advice?
Defence Institution Building in Ukraine at Peace and at War
Defense Education Enhancement Program in Ukraine: The Limits of NATO’s Education Program
The article examines in detail the process of setting up the security services of Latvia in the period prior to and after gaining full independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The author emphasizes that a successful transition towards a consolidated democracy requires decisive and quick actions in selecting personnel with intelligence experience under the totalitarian regime, yet loyal to the national ideals and the principles of democracy, the need for a clear legislative framework, and comprehensive democratic control of the services along parliamentary, government, judicial, prosecution, and financing venues.
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Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has been unprecedented in its embrace of modern technology for the execution of its foreign policy and intelligence operation. This article examines Russia’s relationship to the internet and computer technology, beginning with the early 1990s and detailing the growth of technology’s popularity with the Rus...
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