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The Nordic-Baltic Eight policy brief: NB8 and the drone challenge

15 september 2026
Silhouettes of soldiers are using drone for scouting during military operation against the backdrop of a sunset. Application of modern technology during war.

Ny publikation i NB8 policy brief-serie av Justinas Lingevicius (VU IIRPS) och Markus Holmgren (FIIA).

Drone incursions in the Baltic States and Finland have made clear that this is no longer a distant battlefield concern. This brief argues that as the NB8 framework matures into an increasingly like-minded security community, drone cooperation could stimulate market integration. A standardised, modular drone platform architecture, a European drone defence “Platform market” model, could give the countries the economy of scale that they otherwise lack.

The Nordic-Baltic Eight: Policy brief-serie

Denna policy brief-serie syftar till att fördjupa förståelsen för de föränderliga säkerhets-, politiska och samhälleliga dynamiker som formar den nordisk-baltiska regionen i en tid av förnyad stormaktskonkurrens.

Serien publiceras gemensamt av Utrikespolitiska institutet, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Icelandic Institute of International Affairs (IIA), International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS), Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University (TSPMI), Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) och Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).

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