Event 703

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Primary information is visible in the article's headline, report summary, and lead paragraph. Details are confirmed by the study's publication and explained contextually in direct passages.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Estonia"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/16.12.2024-study-examines-defensive-stances-of-baltic-states.a580435/"
    ],
    "title": "Defense posture study (Baltics) ??????"
  },
  "description": "A new study by the Center for Geopolitical Studies, titled 'Three Decades of Baltic Military Cooperation and the Way Ahead,' examines the evolution and future of military cooperation between Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. The report highlights the role of military collaboration in NATO accession, ongoing defense planning, and future preparedness.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-12-16T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "The article headline and subheader describe the release and findings of the study on Baltic defense.",
    "\"Military cooperation between the Baltic States played an important role in preparing them for NATO membership... Western countries have also made a great contribution to the military strength of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia...\"",
    "\"The report, authored by Māris Andžāns, director of the Geopolitical Research Center, and Jānis Kažociņš, looks at the outlook for continued regional defense and allied cooperation.\""
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Military cooperation between the Baltic States played an important role in preparing them for NATO membership.",
    "Western countries have also made a great contribution to the military strength of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and not only with the supply of weapons and expertise.",
    "Today, these partners are NATO allies, and relations with them, as well as among the Baltic States themselves, have evolved.",
    "The report, authored by Māris Andžāns, director of the Geopolitical Research Center, and Jānis Kažociņš, looks at the outlook for continued regional defense and allied cooperation."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "The article headline and subheader describe the release and findings of the study on Baltic defense.",
            "\"Military cooperation between the Baltic States played an important role in preparing them for NATO membership... Western countries have also made a great contribution to the military strength of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia...\"",
            "\"The report, authored by Māris Andžāns, director of the Geopolitical Research Center, and Jānis Kažociņš, looks at the outlook for continued regional defense and allied cooperation.\""
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Study examines defensive stances of Baltic states",
  "location_text": "Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia)",
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      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_703_1763935599_f7bb6b6c.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Study on ??????regional defense readiness",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/16.12.2024-study-examines-defensive-stances-of-baltic-states.a580435/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Report analyzes three decades of Baltic military cooperation, current defense status, and future plans.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/16.12.2024-study-examines-defensive-stances-of-baltic-states.a580435/"
}

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  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;LV;LT",
  "Date": "16-Dec-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Defense posture study (Baltics) ??????",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/16.12.2024-study-examines-defensive-stances-of-baltic-states.a580435/",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Study on ??????regional defense readiness",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}