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On 16 February, the NATO Defense College inaugurated two of its courses, Senior Course (SC) 138 and NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC) 25 with guest of honour Air Chief Marshall Sir Stuart Peach, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, joining the ceremony virtually from Brussels. Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach is also Chair of the Academic Advisory Board for the College.

• NDC Policy Brief 03-21: NATO’s eastern flank: retooling the US-Baltic security link, by Andris Banka*

On 28 January, the Research Division of the NATO Defense College hosted a webinar on “The Two Russian Flanks”. This was the fourth event from the Roman Banya series, which explores developments in Russian affairs and their implications for NATO.

• NDC Research Paper 16: Russia in NATO’s South: Expansionist Strategy or Defensive Posture?, edited by Chloé Berger and Cynthia Salloum

On 29 January 2021, the NATO Defense College held the Graduation Ceremony for Senior Course 137. The awarding of the Eisenhower Prize for best Committee Project also took place during the ceremony. The Graduation Address was delivered by Lieutenant General Brice Houdet, Vice Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, who joined the ceremony online.

• NDC Policy Brief 02-21: Operation Althea and the virtues of the Berlin Plus Agreement , by LGEN Olivier Rittimann.*

One of the Senior Course’s seminal moments took place this week at the NATO Defense College with the presentations of the Committee Study Projects (CSP). Over two days, Course Members revealed the sum of their many months of their hard work in Committee with the presentation of CSPs that covered a wide range of NATO-related topics.

In 2020, the NDC Research Division provided support to NATO’s Young Leaders Programme by facilitating the three workshops and debates organised by NATO’s Policy Planning Unit (26-27 November and 3 December). These seminars’ objective was to bring the group up-to-speed on NATO issues and to help shape their thinking.

• NDC Policy Brief 01-21: Deterrence by detection: using surveillance to pre-empt opportunistic aggression, by Thomas G. Mahnken and Grace B. Kim.*

On 13 January 2021, Lieutenant General Olivier RITTIMANN, NDC Commandant, opened the 2021 Field Study Planning Conference.