Riina Kaljurand has previously worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence as well as the Estonian embassy in Stockholm. Before returning to the MFA, she worked at the International Centre for Defence and Security, while also being the Director of the Lennart Meri Conference for several years. /2019
Cooperation with NATO is extremely important for the security of the kingdom.
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On 16 January, ICDS research fellow Riina Kaljurand spoke in a panel of “Women in Foreign and Security Policy” at…
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Why this year’s Lennart Meri Conference is titled as ’Darkest Before Dawn?: The War on Trust and How to Win…
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The ICDS was honoured to host a visit by Australia’s Foreign Minister, the Hon. Julie Bishop MP, on 26 April.
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On 5 December, ICDS Research Fellows Riina Kaljurand, Tony Lawrence, Pauli Järvenpää and Tomas Jermalavičius presented their report, “Brexit and…
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The result of the UK’s June 2016 referendum on continued membership of the EU was unexpected and its consequences may…
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On the 23rd of November, 2016, the Researcher of the ICDS, Riina Kaljurand participated in a seminar “Russia and Europe:…
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Riina Kaljurand participated in a big alumni reunion of the Bucerius Summer School and Asian Forum on Global Governance Reunion…
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ICDS was visited on February 18th by a delegation of students and staff from the Swedish Defence University´s Advanced Command…
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On 18 January 2016, Riina Kaljurand and Pauli Järvenpää attended a seminar at the Embassy of Estonia in Helsinki titled…
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Russian speakers feel as if they are on the front line.
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Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the use of new, creative forms of warfare in the eastern part of Ukraine raise…
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On the 12 of October, Jill Dougherty, a Russia Expert and former Moscow Bureau Chief for CNN, and Riina Kaljurand,…
Read moreA research team led by the International Centre for Defence Studies (ICDS) was asked by the Foreign Policy Committee of…
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20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Nordic-Baltic region stands out as Europe’s success story. The Baltic…
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ICDS researchers published three articles in a recent special issue of Akadeemia (9/2009) that focuses on security matters.
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ICDS has participated in drafting a paper on external challenges and internal problems of Ukraine’s security policy.
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This paper traces the development of sub-regional multilateralism around the Baltic Sea from the building of regional security via de-securitisation…
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Despite progress in the process of European integration during the period 2000-2008 and the increasing presence of the European Union…
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8.11.2007 Today Nordic and Baltic Ministers of Defence concluded their meeting in Stockholm where they discussed the proposals laid out…
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