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From November 29th to December 1st, delegates and guests of the Union of European Police Sports (USPE) visited Tallinn to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the organization's founding. At the conference center of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, guests listened to a speech by Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Estonian Olympic Committee, and received an overview of the history of the USPE. They also had the opportunity to visit the academy and view exhibitions. The USPE was founded in Paris, an...

Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS) announces an open call for high-quality original articles to be published in June 2026 in the academic journal Security Spectrum: Journal of Advanced Security Research. Security Spectrum is a non-profit academic journal that publishes well-documented and analysed studies on full range of contemporary security issues, especially internal security and law enforcement with European or global international focus. The journal is indexed in the EBSCO database as wel...

As Europe continues to recalibrate its internal security models, review, and analysis of experiences in different countries serve to better understand the potential approaches and solutions to meet necessary legal innovation, institutional reform, and a principled commitment to safeguarding the public good. The 25th issue of academic journal Security Spectrum: Journal of Advanced Security Research bears the subtitle “Pro bono publico – for the public good and benefit” as it is dedicated to the Estonian L...

This week, the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences hosted its first-ever international firearms detection training, where 22 service dog handlers from eight countries enhanced their techniques and tactics in detecting firearms and shared experiences on how to deploy service dogs effectively in both national and international operations. A total of 22 handlers from Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Estonia gathered in Tallinn for the training. Estonia was chose...

The report Security Threats to the Undersea Connections Related Critical Infrastructure of the Baltic States: the Baltic Sea in the Focus of Hybrid Warfare has been published. The authors of current report are Emilia Muuga, Ramon Loik, Georg-Henri Kaup, Raul Savimaa and Erkki Koort from the Research Center of Internal Security Institute. Current report examines the growing vulnerabilities of undersea energy and communications links in recent years and outlines necessary risk mitigation measures to ensure...