Brothers in Arms? Estonia’s Defense Forces and the Trojan Horse Dilemma
Journal: Armed Forces & Society
Year: 2025

In countries that enclose disgruntled minorities linked to hostile powers through culture or location, defense planners face a Trojan horse dilemma. Can recruits from these groups be counted on to defend the state? This article is the first to examine the manpower policies chosen in response to this dilemma in Estonia, a small republic that inherited a large Russian population of Soviet-era settlers in 1991. It builds on historical records and recent opinion polls, which give cause for concern f