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Mildly Alarmed · Friday · 46 min

Estonia’s Active Defence

In this episode, Minna, Anastasiia and Fabian are joined by Marek Kohv, head of the Security and Resilience Programme at the International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn, to discuss Estonia’s new active defence doctrine and why Russia cannot just take the border town Narva, despite the popularity of “Narva scenarios” in Western media and analyses. If you want to support our show, go to our Buy Me A Coffee page at http://buymeacoffee.com/mildlyalarmed You can support Anastasiia’s fundraiser for portable batteries for Kyiv residents at https://greekchorusfoundation.org/#battery Email us at alarmedmildly@gmail.com with any guest feedback, suggestions, and questions. Mentioned in the show: “Estonia shifts troops closer to Russia in ‘active defence’ push”, from The Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/0293497e-e4b5-473e-be49-67d1fc005fae?syn-25a6b1a6=1 “Narva Is Actually Alright”, from Northern Flank Notes: https://minnalander.substack.com/p/narva-is-actually-alright “Ukrainian Drone Operator Who Helped Demolish NATO Troops in Estonia a Year Ago Returns to Find Big Improvements”, from The Baltic Sentinel: https://balticsentinel.eu/8481547/ukrainian-drone-operator-who-helped-demolish-nato-troops-in-estonia-a-year-ago-returns-to-find-big-improvements “Spending 5% on defence doesn’t make Nato stronger”, from The Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/deaf0379-9426-4e60-af75-25633d8dfa1f Credits: Anastasiia Lapatina is Ukraine Fellow at Lawfare. She writes a weekly newsletter about Ukraine called Yours Ukrainian. She is based in Kyiv. Karen-Anna Eggen is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. She is based in Oslo. Fabian Hoffman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. He is the author of the Missile Matters newsletter about defence, missile technology, and nuclear strategy. He is based in Oslo. Minna Ålander is an Analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. She’s also an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a Non-Resident Fellow at CEPA. Minna also writes a newsletter about European security called Northern Flank Notes. She is based in Stockholm. The podcast is engineered by Anthony Bartaway, who is also the co-host of a podcast called Ukraine Without Hype: / @ukrainewithouthype

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In this episode, Minna, Anastasiia and Fabian are joined by Marek Kohv, head of the Security and Resilience Programme at the International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn, to discuss Estonia’s new active defence doctrine and why Russia cannot just take the border town Narva, despite the popularity of “Narva scenarios” in Western media and analyses.

If you want to support our show, go to our Buy Me A Coffee page at http://buymeacoffee.com/mildlyalarmed 

You can support Anastasiia’s fundraiser for portable batteries for Kyiv residents at https://greekchorusfoundation.org/#battery 

Email us at alarmedmildly@gmail.com with any guest feedback, suggestions, and questions.  

Mentioned in the show: 

“Estonia shifts troops closer to Russia in ‘active defence’ push”, from The Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/0293497e-e4b5-473e-be49-67d1fc005fae?syn-25a6b1a6=1 

“Narva Is Actually Alright”, from Northern Flank Notes: https://minnalander.substack.com/p/narva-is-actually-alright 

“Ukrainian Drone Operator Who Helped Demolish NATO Troops in Estonia a Year Ago Returns to Find Big Improvements”, from The Baltic Sentinel: https://balticsentinel.eu/8481547/ukrainian-drone-operator-who-helped-demolish-nato-troops-in-estonia-a-year-ago-returns-to-find-big-improvements 

“Spending 5% on defence doesn’t make Nato stronger”, from The Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/deaf0379-9426-4e60-af75-25633d8dfa1f 

Credits: 

Anastasiia Lapatina is Ukraine Fellow at Lawfare. She writes a weekly newsletter about Ukraine called Yours Ukrainian. She is based in Kyiv. 

Karen-Anna Eggen is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. She is based in Oslo.

Fabian Hoffman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. He is the author of the Missile Matters newsletter about defence, missile technology, and nuclear strategy. He is based in Oslo.

Minna Ålander is an Analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. She’s also an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a Non-Resident Fellow at CEPA. Minna also writes a newsletter about European security called Northern Flank Notes. She is based in Stockholm.

The podcast is engineered by Anthony Bartaway, who is also the co-host of a podcast called Ukraine Without Hype: / @ukrainewithouthype

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