Marta Kepe
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Marta Kepe
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Senior Analyst @ www.rand.org | Senior Fellow @Atlantic Council | Adjunct Professor @Georgetown SFS. Resilience, Military Affairs, Europe, Russia, Gray Zone. Opinions own. Reposes/favs =not endorsements.
My new report on #civilian #resilience in the face of potential r military #aggression or acts of war in Taiwan considers resilience through the lens of seven civilian resilience areas. You can read the report here:
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July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Our new report "Building Taiwan's Resilience" discusses Taiwan’s civilian #resilience or "civilian resilience as civilian society’s ability to anticipate, prepare for, mitigate, and survive an act of war and rebuild following the end of hostilities." www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Building Taiwan's Resilience
Taiwan has a rich history of volunteerism and experience with disaster response but efforts to build its civilian resilience against a potential wartime scenario are still in their initial stages. How...
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July 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Marta Kepe
Helsinki Security Forum starts tomorrow (27.9). This year's theme is broadly speaking Total Defence - building a Transatlantic/European version of it for the 21st century.

Most panels are public/streamed, and should be here:
helsinkisecurityforum.fi/hsf-2024/
HSF 2024 – Helsinki Security Forum
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September 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM
I had the pleasure to joint experts on #Taiwan's civil defense at the Global Taiwan Institute to discuss “Taiwan’s Civil Defense: The Race to #Preparedness.” I spoke about #Ukraine, #Baltic states, importance of #emergency #services & #civil #society. globaltaiwan.org/events/taiwa...
September 25: Taiwan’s Civil Defense: The Race for Preparedness | Global Taiwan Institute
Wednesday, September, 25, 2024 from 12:00PM – 1:30PM (EDT) In-person and Webcast Event Description: The Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion titled “Taiwan’s Ci...
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September 26, 2024 at 5:25 PM
I am looking forward to discussing #resilience-building re potential #military #crisis during a Roundtable Discussion on Military Threats in Europe at the House of Representatives of the #Netherlands Defense Committee this Thursday, April 18. www.tweedekamer.nl/debat_en_ver...
April 16, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Great conversation on Thursday with #Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur @Georgetown Center for Security Studies. We discussed the changing security landscape, developments in #NATO, Russia's war in Ukraine, Estonian-U.S. security cooperation, and the West's relations with Russia and more.
April 15, 2024 at 2:04 AM
RAND’s 2023 Annual Report includes two of my reports, (1) Resisting Russia – Insights into Ukraine’s Civilian-based Actions & (2) Great Power Competition and Conflict in Africa in its selected reading lists! Thank you to my research teams! www.rand.org/content/dam/...
April 15, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Reposted by Marta Kepe
Open-source reports have identified failures in the Russian logistics and maintenance system as a key factor in Russia's underperformance in Ukraine.

In this new report, RAND's Marta Kepe outlines what's known about this large and elaborate system.
Logistics and Sustainment Issues of the Russian Armed Forces
Failures in the Russian logistics and maintenance system have been identified as a key factor in Russia's underperformance in Ukraine in 2022. A review of dozens of unclassified documents and articles...
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November 22, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Great to have an overview of my report on #Russia's #Military Sustainment and #Logistics included in the latest edition of Sirius - Journal for Strategic Analysis (in German). www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen
The German-language SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für strategische Analysen presents innovative articles that address key strategic challenges and alternatives in German, European, and transatlantic policy. Fr...
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March 8, 2024 at 4:37 AM
March 7, 2024 at 9:14 PM
The Alliance is changing its posture of deterrence by punishment to deterrence by denial. I write how NATO is (re)learning how to defend the Baltics. www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/02/14/from_forward_presence_to_forward_defense_natos_defense_of_the_baltics_1011702.html#:~:text=These%20plans%20will%20change%20NATO's,every%20inch%20of%20NATO%20territory.”
February 16, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Thank you to the #Irregular Warfare Podcast for inviting Brian Petit and me to talk about #resistance, stay-behind operations, small state strategies & #irregular warfare & #digital age! irregularwarfare.org/podcasts/sta...
February 9, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Humbled to have two (!) of my reports included in @RandCorporation’s President’s year-end review. These are: (1) On #civilian #resistance in Ukraine (with Alyssa Demus), (2) on Russia's #logistics problems. www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
Looking Back on the Big Policy Stories of 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, RAND president and CEO Jason Matheny highlights areas where RAND is tackling the most urgent and complex problems we face. Each is a small reminder that where there are thoug...
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December 18, 2023 at 5:14 PM