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Experts & Staff
Viljar Veebel
Baltic Defence College
Biography
Viljar Veebel is a researcher in the department of political and strategic studies at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu. He holds a BA and an MA in international relations and a PhD in political science from the University of Tartu. Previously, he was an advisor to the Estonian government in the European Future Convention and a researcher for institutions such as the OSCE, SIDA, the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, the Latvia Institute of International Affairs, and Eurasia Group. He has lectured at the University of Tartu, the Estonian National Defence College, the Ukrainian Diplomatic Academy, the OSCE Border Management Staff College, and the Estonian Diplomatic Academy. His main areas of competence cover Russian military doctrine and strategic ambitions, concepts and models of deterrence for small nation states, and hybrid warfare.
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