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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...

The editorial board of the English-language academic journal Security Spectrum: Journal of Advanced Security Research, which is published twice a year, is once again waiting for the manuscripts of articles for the new issue! Security Spectrum is a non-profit academic journal that publishes well-documented and analyzed studies on the full range of contemporary security issues, especially internal security and law enforcement related topics. Until the year 2023, the journal was known as Proceedings of Esto...

The 24th issue of the academic journal Security Spectrum: Journal of Advanced Security Research is entitled Challenges to Security Arising from Migration: Exploring the Nexus Between Migration and Security. The journal is dedicated to exploring the multidimensionality of migration and offers a critical and interdisciplinary analysis of its implications for international security. The first quarter of the 21st century has witnessed significant labour and economic migration, and the resulting socio-politic...

13 of December 2024 was significant for Estonia and the Academy of Security Sciences, because taking into account the current security environment, an initiative was taken in an important area. The first Master's level micro-credential course in English, where participants were trained to fight hybrid threats, came to an end. All around us there are constant challenges imposed by an aggressive neighbor. Hybrid warfare is nothing more than an attempt to expand the battlefield inconspicuously, and the scop...