ELN Research Fellow Thomas Frear examines the intelligence failures of the 1983 Able Archer military exercises, arguing that those same failures, centred on a lack of empathy, are being repeated in the current NATO-Russia confrontation.
A new ELN policy brief explains why an action-reaction exercise cycle is concerning, and what needs to be done about it.
The ELN has now updated its interactive map detailing encounters between Russian and Western militaries, bringing the total number of incidents documented to 52.
James Kipp and Roger McDermott ask whether or not Russia’s much debated “hybrid warfare” is a new phenomenon or not.
Beata Górka-Winter, of the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), outlines the progress in securing NATO’s eastern flank since the Wales Summit, and what is still needed.
Senior figures from Europe’s defence and foreign policy community, including two former NATO Secretaries–General, write to the United Nations, World Health Organisation and NATO calling for urgent military assistance in the fight against Ebola.