Watch: ICDS 20

This spring, ICDS celebrates 20 years of work as a think tank. The ICDS was founded in 2006 by the decision of the Estonian Government on the 31st of March and officially registered on 12th of April 2006.

Ever since then, we have aimed to be the region’s leading knowledge hub for the foreign policy, security, and defence communities in Estonia and abroad. To celebrate our birthday, ICDS organises a discussion on the past, present, and future of the ICDS and Estonia’s security.

Read more about the foundation of ICDS here: The Founding of the International Centre for Defence and Security

ICDS 20 event on 7th of April, Estonian Statehood House

Opening words by Kaimo Kuusk, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defence and Chairman of the Board of the ICDS, and Dr Kristi Raik, Director of ICDS 

– Remarks by President of the Republic of Estonia Alar Karis 

– Keynote speech by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Panel discussion on Estonia’s security 20 years back, 20 years ahead: What brought us here? What will bring us forward?

Panellists: 

Dr Riina Kionka, Principal Adviser, EEAS, and one of the initiators of the ICDS 

Amb Jüri Luik, Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO, former director of the ICDS 

Dr Lauri Mälksoo, Professor of International Law, University of Tartu, former director of the Board of the ICDS 

Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former director of the Board of the ICDS 

Moderated by Kadri Liik, founding director of ICDS