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August 23, 2019
Catch-22? Developing AI Under GDPR
Estonia has always taken great pride in staying at the cutting edge of merging technology and government....
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July 29, 2019
The “Moscow Rules”: Ten Principles for Working with Russia
In March 2019, ICDS hosted Keir Giles launching his most recent book "Moscow Rules". The book highlights how Western leaders repeat the same mistakes over and over again when dealing with Russia. He...
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July 18, 2019
“Ambition is good, but don’t forget the reality”: The next European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen’s speech to the European Parliament before the vote on her election as the next European Commission president was an ambitious and concise to-do list....
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June 11, 2019
Going Global: Estonia Becomes a Member of the UN Security Council
On Friday 7 June, emotions ran high among Estonian foreign-policy makers in Tallinn and in New York, where Estonia was elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council....
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May 30, 2019
What Do the 2019 European Parliament Elections in Estonia Tell Us?
Following March’s general elections, which produced an unexpected governing coalition, Estonian society still reels between confusion, disappointment and disagreement....
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May 27, 2019
How Estonia uses Cybersecurity to Strengthen its Position in NATO
Small states, especially those in close proximity to potentially threatening regional powers, tend to seek reassurance in collective arrangements often in the form of security agreements....
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May 24, 2019
Lennart Meri Conference 2019: China Is Here to Stay
Lennart Meri once said: “Politics is a factory producing the future”. The Lennart Meri Conference (LMC) 2019 tried to peep into the future and also, in some context, to shape...
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April 23, 2019
Same, but Different: Estonian and Russian Presidents Held a Historic meeting
This year’s Easter Thursday was a historical day for Estonian diplomacy: president Kersti Kaljulaid made a visit to Moscow and held a long meeting with her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin....
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April 23, 2019
What Lies Ahead for Ukraine?
Hegel once warned that ‘history is what takes place behind our backs’....
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April 9, 2019
Estonia’s Risky Political Experiment
Following the parliamentary elections of 3 March, Estonian politics has been through an exceptionally troubling...
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