Baltic Defence College

Template:Short description Template:Infobox university The Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL) is a multinational military college that was established by the three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) in 1999. It serves as a centre of strategic and operational research and provides professional military education to intermediate- and senior-level officers and government officials from the founding states, other member states of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, as well as other European countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Research

The Baltic Defence College hosts roundtable seminars and major conferences annually, including a Cyber Conference and a Conference on Russian Power Projection.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The college's academic faculty also engage in personal research, generating a range of different articles, books and commentaries each year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Commandants

Nationality	Rank	Name	Term
Template:Flag	Brigadier general	Template:Ill	1999–2004
Template:Flag	Brigadier general	Template:Ill	2004–2007
Template:Flag	Brigadier general	Gundars Ābols	2007–2010
Template:Flag	Brigadier general	Meelis Kiili	2010–2012
Template:Flag	Major general	Template:Ill	2012–2016
Template:Flag	Major general	Andis Dilāns	2016–2020
Template:Flag	Brigadier general	Ilmar Tamm	2020–2023
Template:Flag	Brigadier general	Alvydas Šiuparis	2023-present

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Deans

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A distant view on the Baltic Defence College building (upper right corner).

The dean between 2004 and 2008 was Tomas Jermalavicius – a Lithuanian researcher of strategic resiliency.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Further reading

• James Corum, Art Johanson: 20th Anniversary History Book Template:Webarchive (pdf, 15 MB)

See also

• Estonian National Defence College
• List of universities in Estonia
• NATO Defense College
• European Security and Defence College
• NATO School