Articles - Jaak Aaviksoo
Strategic Impact of Cyber Attacks
05.03.2010 | Jaak Aaviksoo | English news
There is no doubt that cyberspace is a very important medium in the modern world. It should not come as a surprise to anyone that more and more countries in the world are using its possibilities for gaining greater efficiency and flexibility, and establishing a true modern society. Just as same, we should not be surprised if there are ways to exploit these new possibilities for malevolent ends.... Read more »
Lessons for Europe from the first massive cyber-attack against a country
09.07.2008 | Jaak Aaviksoo | English news
By and large, a year has passed since Estonia suffered under an orchestrated and organized barrage of cyber attacks. The acts themselves lasted for weeks and targeted key governmental and private web sites, and selected critical information infrastructure while using a wide array of offensive techniques. Read more »
Real Threats of the Imaginary World
28.11.2007 | Jaak Aaviksoo | English news
Where we are today? We are in a world where, in addition to the classical dimensions of land, sea, and air, we have a virtual reality; we use the term cyberspace. There is similarly a manner as going out to the high seas created new global powers, as conquering the air space for defense, but also for global dominance, we entered airspace and further to the space. It is imminent I think that the... Read more »
Estonia: Defense Minister Says Bronze Soldier Had To Go
09.05.2007 | Jaak Aaviksoo | English news
As the Estonian authorities brace themselves, fearing a repeat of the riots by ethnic Russian youth that followed the removal of a Soviet World War II memorial from central Tallinn, RFE/RL correspondent Ahto Lobjakas spoke to one of the main architects of the move, Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo. Aaviksoo told RFE/RL that it was time for the Bronze Soldier to go once it became associated with... Read more »
