Research and Development activities at the Academy also involve Innovative Learning Technologies using Virtual Training Exercises as contemporary tools for joint instruction and evaluation of crisis management command and control both on operational and strategic level. New ways of training accompanied by respective scientific research help to increase the quality of the training and instruction provided at the Academy. What is more, they help to find new opportunities for global networking and cooperation. All valuable research findings are published in the Proceedings of Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, which is a peer–reviewed scientific journal with international editorial board.