STATE BUDGET SUPPORT REPORT
1. Applicant (name of the institution and address): Center for Strategic and
Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), 1667 K St NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006
2. Project’s contact person (name, address, phone, email) (Address as noted in item 1)
Jan van Tol, Senior Fellow, 202-719-1357,
[email protected]
Roger Poor, Chief Financial Officer, 202-719-1340,
[email protected]
3. Applicant’s bank name, account number, SWIFT/BIC code: Truist Bank, Account
#: 206711026; Routing #: 055002707; SWIFT Code: SNTRUS3A
4. Requested amount: $70,000 (already received)
5. Project’s short description: CSBA will undertake research and analysis of Baltic
regional security challenges over the next 5-10 years. It will engage experts on
European/Baltic defense to examine strategies, operational concepts, force posture
enhancements, and military capabilities that could help deter and if necessary defend
against Russian aggression in the Baltic region. The main output of this project will
be a publicly releasable monograph examining options for enhancing the defense of
the Baltic region against Russian aggression.
6. Planned goal of the project, outcomes and activities: Four main objectives: 1) Assess
options and operational concepts for an integrated NATO approach to
deterring/defending against Russian aggression in the Baltic region, with an
emphasis on the Baltic states; 2) Examine alternate regional force postures and
operational concepts to demonstrate Alliance commitment and resolve, erode
Russian confidence in its ability to execute its theory of victory in the Baltic region,
and prevent or delay achievement of Russian objectives in the event of an attack; 3)
Using CSBA’s wargaming methodology and CSBA’s Strategic Choices Tool (SCT),
investigate options for capability enhancements and/or force structure changes the
Baltic states could make in support of an integrated NATO approach to the region’s
defense; 4) Publish a monograph on deterrence and defense of the Baltic region.
7. Actual outcome, overview of the budget and realization of the project (e.g. in the case
of a lecture/meeting/event the overview has to contain the date, place,
lecturer/facilitator, topic, number and description of participants (students, seniors
etc)): Completed through 31 Dec 2021: Deliverable 2 of Annex 7 and Task 2 of Annex
8 of the State Budget Support Agreement. Wargame/Strategic Choices Exercise
(SCE) conducted 7-10 December 2021 with Estonian EDF/MoD, U.S., and other
Baltic region participants at CSBA’s facilities in Washington, DC.
8. Project’s planned and actual timeline: February–July 2020. The combined
wargame/SCE was intended to be conducted in April 2020 and the monograph
published in June 2020. However, COVID prevented adherence to that schedule. The
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wargame/SCE was conducted in December 2021, and the monograph was published
in June 2022.
9. Co-financers: N/A
10. Budget: Task 2
Income/ Total amount: Self-financing: Support from the
Estonian MOD:
Expenses budgeted/actual budgeted/actual
budgeted/actual
Income $70,000 $70,000 0 0 $70,000 $70,000
Expense $70,000 $70,000 0 0 $70,000 $70,000
Expense on $70,000 ** $70,000 ** 0 0 $70,000 $70,000
personnel
Total surplus 0 0 0 0 0 0
or deficit
** Personnel expenses per the labor and management expense categories listed in Annex
8 of the STATE BUDGET SUPPORT AGREEMENT signed 8 December 2021.
You may delete the columns that are not relevant to the application, e.g. if there is no other
source of funding. Also, you may change and add rows concerning expenses.
12. Extra documents: N/A
12.1 Expense report documents: N/A
12.2 Overview of project’s media coverage: N/A
13. The applicant may add other materials about the project that may be relevant:
NOTE: The $70,000 for Task 2 was paid at the same time as payment for Task 1b, the
workshop conducted in Tallinn in February 2020. The combined payment of $105,000
for Tasks 1b and 2 was received in January 2022.
Legal representative of the applicant:
Name: Roger M. Poor
Job position: Chief Financial Officer
Signature: __________________
Date of submission: 6 July 2022
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STATE BUDGET SUPPORT REPORT
1. Applicant (name of the institution and address): Center for Strategic and
Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), 1667 K St NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006
2. Project’s contact person (name, address, phone, email) (Address as noted in item 1)
Jan van Tol, Senior Fellow, 202-719-1357,
[email protected]
Roger Poor, Chief Financial Officer, 202-719-1340,
[email protected]
3. Applicant’s bank name, account number, SWIFT/BIC code: Truist Bank, Account
#: 206711026; Routing #: 055002707; SWIFT Code: SNTRUS3A
4. Requested amount: $85,000 (pending)
5. Project’s short description: CSBA will undertake research and analysis of Baltic
regional security challenges over the next 5-10 years. It will engage experts on
European/Baltic defense to examine strategies, operational concepts, force posture
enhancements, and military capabilities that could help deter and if necessary defend
against Russian aggression in the Baltic region. The main output of this project will
be a publicly releasable monograph examining options for enhancing the defense of
the Baltic region against Russian aggression.
6. Planned goal of the project, outcomes and activities: Four main objectives: 1) Assess
options and operational concepts for an integrated NATO approach to
deterring/defending against Russian aggression in the Baltic region, with an
emphasis on the Baltic states; 2) Examine alternate regional force postures and
operational concepts to demonstrate Alliance commitment and resolve, erode
Russian confidence in its ability to execute its theory of victory in the Baltic region,
and prevent or delay achievement of Russian objectives in the event of an attack; 3)
Using CSBA’s wargaming methodology and CSBA’s Strategic Choices Tool (SCT),
investigate options for capability enhancements and/or force structure changes the
Baltic states could make in support of an integrated NATO approach to the region’s
defense; 4) Publish a monograph on deterrence and defense of the Baltic region.
7. Actual outcome, overview of the budget and realization of the project (e.g. in the
case of a lecture/meeting/event the overview has to contain the date, place,
lecturer/facilitator, topic, number and description of participants (students, seniors
etc)): Completed through 15 June 2022: Deliverable 3 of Annex 7 and Tasks 3 & 4
of Annex 8 of the State Budget Support Agreement. The monograph was posted
and publicized on CSBA’s website on 2 June 2022 with permission of the Estonian
MoD. A private lunch and briefing of the monograph was conducted on 14 June
2022 and the public hybrid rollout of the monograph was conducted on 15 June
2022. Ambassador Prikk and Permanent Secretary Salm participated in both
rollout events.
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8. Project’s planned and actual timeline: February–July 2020. The combined
wargame/SCE was intended to be conducted in April 2020 and the monograph
published in June 2020. However, COVID prevented adherence to that schedule.
Preliminary Findings and Recommendations were provided to the MoD in April
2022. The monograph (Task 3) was published and the associated rollout events (Task
4) were conducted in June 2022.
9. Co-financers: N/A
10a. Budget: Task 3 (Post-Game Analysis and Monograph)
Income/ Total amount: Self-financing: Support from the
Estonian MOD:
Expenses budgeted/actual budgeted/actual
budgeted/actual
Income $65,000 $65,000 0 0 $65,000 $65,000
Expense $65,000 $65,000 0 0 $65,000 $65,000
Expense on $65,000 ** $65,000 ** 0 0 $65,000 $65,000
personnel
Total surplus 0 0 0 0 0 0
or deficit
10b. Budget: Task 4 (Monograph Rollout Events)
Income/ Total amount: Self-financing: Support from the
Estonian MOD:
Expenses budgeted/actual budgeted/actual
budgeted/actual
Income $20,000 $20,000 0 0 $20,000 $20,000
Expense $20,000 $20,000 0 0 $20,000 $20,000
Expense on $20,000 ** $20,000 ** 0 0 $20,000 $20,000
personnel &
event support
Total surplus 0 0 0 0 0 0
or deficit
** Personnel expenses per the labor and management expense categories listed in Annex
8 of the STATE BUDGET SUPPORT AGREEMENT signed 8 December 2021.
You may delete the columns that are not relevant to the application, e.g. if there is no other
source of funding. Also, you may change and add rows concerning expenses.
12. Extra documents: N/A
12.1 Expense report documents: N/A
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12.2 Overview of project’s media coverage: The monograph was posted and publicized
on CSBA’s website on 2 June 2022 with permission of the Estonian MoD. A private
lunch and briefing of the monograph was conducted on 14 June 2022 and the public
hybrid rollout of the monograph was conducted on 15 June 2022. Ambassador Prikk
and Permanent Secretary Salm participated in both rollout events.
13. The applicant may add other materials about the project that may be relevant: N/A
Legal representative of the applicant:
Name: Roger M. Poor
Job position: Chief Financial Officer
Signature: __________________
Date of submission: 6 July 2022
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STATE BUDGET SUPPORT REPORT
1. Applicant (name of the institution and address): Center for Strategic and
Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), 1667 K St NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006
2. Project’s contact person (name, address, phone, email) (Address as noted in item 1)
Jan van Tol, Senior Fellow, 202-719-1357,
[email protected]
Roger Poor, Chief Financial Officer, 202-719-1340,
[email protected]
3. Applicant’s bank name, account number, SWIFT/BIC code: Truist Bank, Account
#: 206711026; Routing #: 055002707; SWIFT Code: SNTRUS3A
4. Requested amount: $35,000 (already received)
5. Project’s short description: CSBA will undertake research and analysis of Baltic
regional security challenges over the next 5-10 years. It will engage experts on
European/Baltic defense to examine strategies, operational concepts, force posture
enhancements, and military capabilities that could help deter and if necessary defend
against Russian aggression in the Baltic region. The main output of this project will
be a publicly releasable monograph examining options for enhancing the defense of
the Baltic region against Russian aggression.
6. Planned goal of the project, outcomes and activities: Four main objectives: 1) Assess
options and operational concepts for an integrated NATO approach to
deterring/defending against Russian aggression in the Baltic region, with an
emphasis on the Baltic states; 2) Examine alternate regional force postures and
operational concepts to demonstrate Alliance commitment and resolve, erode
Russian confidence in its ability to execute its theory of victory in the Baltic region,
and prevent or delay achievement of Russian objectives in the event of an attack; 3)
Using CSBA’s wargaming methodology and CSBA’s Strategic Choices Tool (SCT),
investigate options for capability enhancements and/or force structure changes the
Baltic states could make in support of an integrated NATO approach to the region’s
defense; 4) Publish a monograph on deterrence and defense of the Baltic region.
7. Actual outcome, overview of the budget and realization of the project (e.g. in the case
of a lecture/meeting/event the overview has to contain the date, place,
lecturer/facilitator, topic, number and description of participants (students, seniors
etc)): Completed through 31 Dec 2020: Deliverable 1 of Annex 7 and Task 1b of
Annex 8 of the State Budget Support Agreement. Workshop conducted in Tallinn 17-
19 February 2020. CSBA presented overview of CSBA wargaming methodology;
preliminary wargame design; illustrative game materials; and insights pertaining to
the Baltic region from previous wargames. CSBA also presented its Strategic Choices
Tool (SCT) and conducted a training Strategic Choices Exercise (SCE) using the SCT
for Estonian participants. The Estonian MoD and the EDF presented briefings and
conducted a two-day staff ride to familiarize the CSBA team with Estonian military
units & facilities and terrain.
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8. Project’s planned and actual timeline: February–July 2020. The combined
wargame/SCE was intended to be conducted in April 2020 and the monograph
published in June 2020. However, COVID prevented adherence to that schedule. The
wargame/SCE was conducted in December 2021, and the monograph was published
in June 2022.
9. Co-financers: N/A
10. Budget: Task 1b
Income/ Total amount: Self-financing: Support from the
Estonian MOD:
Expenses budgeted/actual budgeted/actual
budgeted/actual
Income $35,000 $35,000 0 0 $35,000 $35,000
Expense $35,000 $35,000 0 0 $35,000 $35,000
Expense on $35,000 ** $35,000 ** 0 0 $35,000 $35,000
personnel
Total surplus 0 0 0 0 0 0
or deficit
** Personnel expenses per the labor and management expense categories listed in Annex
3 of the STATE BUDGET SUPPORT AGREEMENT signed 22 December 2020.
You may delete the columns that are not relevant to the application, e.g. if there is no other
source of funding. Also, you may change and add rows concerning expenses.
12. Extra documents: N/A
12.1 Expense report documents: N/A
12.2 Overview of project’s media coverage: N/A
13. The applicant may add other materials about the project that may be relevant:
NOTE: The $35,000 for Task 1b was paid at the same time as payment for Task 2, the
wargame/SCE conducted in December 2021. The combined payment of $105,000 for
Tasks 1b and 2 was received in January 2022.
Legal representative of the applicant:
Name: Roger M. Poor
Job position: Chief Financial Officer
Signature: __________________
Date of submission: 6 July 2022
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