Tag: Raik
Kristi Raik on the change in Russia’s nuclear weapon doctrine: The risk of using a nuclear weapon has not actually increased | Foreign countries
According to the researcher, the effectiveness of threats with a nuclear weapon has weakened, and Russia is now trying to strengthen the effectiveness of threats. Russia’s new doctrine has not…
Researcher Raik: A surprisingly strict message from NATO to China | News in brief
According to Kristi Raik, deputy director of the Estonian International Defense Research Center ICDS, China received a surprisingly harsh message from the NATO leaders. Defense alliance At the NATO summit…
Kristi Raik: Talks about sending troops to Ukraine are speculation and cause unnecessary concern | Foreign countries
According to the deputy director of the Estonian Defense Research Center, the media attention received by Der Spiegel magazine’s news creates an atmosphere of concern that has no real basis.…
Ykkösaamu’s guest is Kristi Raik – what do you want to ask the security policy expert? | Foreign countries
Russia’s large-scale war of aggression in Ukraine has continued for two years. How difficult is the situation for Ukraine? What about the west? How does an Estonian expert see the…
Kristi Raik: You have to be prepared for a partial Russian victory
Since 2014, Russia’s goal has been to take over Ukraine, says the deputy director Kristi Raik from ICDS, i.e. Estonian International Defense Research Center. At that time, Russia occupied Crimea…
Does NATO have to strengthen air defense on the Ukrainian border? According to Kristi Raik, the issue became relevant when an airplane fell on the Romanian border
NATO country Romania may have dropped parts of a Russian plane on Monday, the Romanian Defense Minister confirmed on Wednesday. Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on the other hand,…
“Russia’s mental state looks pretty terrible” – Kristi Raik tells what will happen if Ukraine loses the war
Western leaders have repeatedly said that Russia will not win the war in Ukraine. Often heard phrases also include: Russia has already lost. However, the war has already been going…
“In the West, there is also a little fear of Ukraine’s success” – this is how Kristi Raik assesses the impact of the US information leak on the war
A foreign and security policy expert does not believe that the Easter information leak will affect arms aid to Ukraine. The leak revealed that the United States doubts Ukraine’s ability…