Browsing Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences by Issue Date
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The obstacles and enablers of US-EU counter-terrorism cooperation: the case of the passenger name record
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2019)In this article the author examines the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) counter-terrorism cooperation in the case of the Passenger Name Record. The aim of this article is to find the obstacles and enablers ... -
Development and prevention of juvenile fire-related risk behaviour in the social learning process
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2019)Playing with fire is the most common cause of fire death among children. Although many previous studies have focused on socio-demographic predictors of childhood fire deaths and pathological fire-setting behaviour, less ... -
Work, prey, love: a critical analysis of Estonian cybercrime case law 2014-2019
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2019)The current study takes a closer look at the people behind the ‘cybercrime’ moniker in Estonia. Following a socio-legal research approach, qualitative content analysis and systematic legal interpretation were used to analyse ... -
Inspectors of the environmental inspectorate confused with the right to apply direct coercion
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2019)According to the Law Enforcement Act valid in Estonia, the police are the only general law enforcement institution that has a right to use physical force, special equipment or a weapon. The allowed special equipment are ... -
Baltic States and the ZAPAD 2017 exercise in the Western media: implications for small state strategic communication
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2019)Every now and then, somewhere in the world events take place that are regarded as having International news value. Nowadays, it is easy to become a mediated observer and to have an opinion about something that happens on ... -
Clarifying (wicked) safety problems with a network analysis tool
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2019)In safety issues, the police often deal with a normative side of knowledge. They describe an appropriate way of behaviour. However, many studies analysing safety problems emphasize the importance of contextual behaviour. This ... -
The place and contents of good administration in Estonian law on the example of terminological diversity based on case-law and the practice of the chancellor of justice
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2019)The term “good administration” is well-known in the laws of the European Union and Estonia. There is no ambiguity in the terminology of good administration with regard to the English approach in EU law, as the right to ... -
Cybersecurity education in Estonia: building competences for internal security personnel
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2019)Currently there is no formal cybersecurity education for internal security first-responders in Estonia. The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS) does not provide this education at basic (all students) and advanced ... -
Using military concepts in civil administrative structures: the Estonian case
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2020)Estonian governmental authorities have imported terms like strategic communication, information operations, psychological operations, and psychological defence from NATO’s military concepts into civil structures.This paper ... -
The instrumentalisation of the mass media in Russia`s foreign policy: cold war versus contemporary strategy
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2020)The article contains comparative analysis which will reveal the essential differences between The Soviet and current Russian strategies behind the instrumentalisation of foreign mass meedia on the information-psychological ... -
The strategic interplay between resilience and COVID-19 pandemic: approaches, assets, and ambitions
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2020)As the world enters a new decade, the outbreak of Covid-19 suddenly occurred and spread rapidly from certain regions to the entire world. It hence becomes a public health emergency threatening the health and safety of ... -
Competing strategic narratives and their reflections in practice: Russo-Estonian relations following the annexation of the Crimea
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2020)The current article analyses the prospects of improvement in terms of economic and political relations between Estonia and Russia against the inert background of reciprocal strategic narratives. Estonia’s current strategic ... -
Understanding the essence of ethnic conflict: a thematic literature review
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2020)Although, there is a vast amount of literature on ethnic conflict produced in recent decades, there is no good systematic overview of the main arguments and hypothesis on the core themes around the triggers of ethnic ... -
Developing the situational awareness of incident commanders: evaluating a training programme using a virtual simulation
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2020)Life, property, and the effectiveness of efforts involved in saving the environment depend upon the situational awareness of incident commanders. However, so far, the impact of situational awareness training for working ... -
Internal security in Poland after 2015. threats and responses
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2020)The objective of the article is to provide a preliminary assessment of Poland’s response to non-military threats to its internal security. The article discusses threats to Poland’s internal security between 2015 and 2020. ... -
Improving policing through technology: a comparison of drone cameras against terrestrial scanners in traffic accident data collection
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2020)This article presents the results of a field test of drone technology which is being used in the collection of traffic accident data as conducted by the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences in September 2019. The experiment ... -
Spread of Fake News and Conspiracy Theories Leading to Potential Radicalisation During COVID-19 Pandemic: the Case of Telegram.ee
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2021)This article focuses on the proliferation of fake news and conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to potential radicalisation of (vulnerable) people. Upsurge in both fake news and conspiracy theories ... -
Expectations of the Inspectors of Tallinn Municipal Police Department to Increase Their Rights in Performing State Supervision
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2021)The Ministry of the Interior has twice proposed to amend the laws that allow city and rural municipality (local government) law enforcement officials to apply additional measures and use direct coercion. The aim of the ... -
Russian Affiliated Private Military Companies in the Syrian Civil War
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2021)Contemporary conflicts often involve private military companies (PMCs) in addition to national or local armed forces. These groups are used by nations to forward national political or economic interests without ... -
The Issues on Reforming the Penitentiary Systems in the Context of COVID-19
(Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2021)The criminal justice process includes: discovering information about the committing criminal offense; investigation; arrest of the suspect; imposition of a sentence; in many cases the enforcement of imprisonment and ...