In this analysis published by International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS), authors from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania describe recent defence developments in their countries—in particular, those that followed Russia’s annexation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine in 2014, and those that have been initiated in the past year. It looks at changes to defence financing, policies and force structures, major capability acquisitions, host nation support for allied deployments, and comprehensive defence.
Russia’s war in Ukraine since 2014 has led to a greater convergence of the three states’ defence policies and postures, notably with the re-introduction of conscription in Lithuania and Latvia. Nonetheless, the authors find, there is much room for improvement in practical aspects of defence cooperation.
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