ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik participated in the public discussion on “Asia – Europe: Tech Driven Global Order”, organised by a Romanian think-tank Global Focus Center during the Film and History Festival in Rasnov, Romania on 25 July 2019.
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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 was asked to distil key recommendations for avoiding expensive and dangerous misunderstandings with Moscow – the “Moscow Rules”. Giles presents them to our readers here.
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Ivo Juurvee, Head of Security and Resilience Programme at the ICDS, explained to readers of Eesti Päevaleht the life of a spy in the context of the recent documentary by Gints Grube and Jaak Kilmi, “My Farther the Spy”, which takes a look at the secret life of a Cold War double agent.
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Donald Trump should realise that giving a military strike on Iran will not bring Tehran to the negotiating table and creates risk for outbreak of a major regional conflict, writes Kalev Stoicescu, a Research Fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security and columnist in daily Postimees on July 19.
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Come and join us on 9-10 August in Paide, Estonia at the Opinion Festival 2019 „Global Estonia“ area where we will organise 3 exciting and topical discussions on issues that will determine Estonia’s future. At least that’s what we, the organisers think.
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During his speech at CEPA roundtable, ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik presented major challenges to cognitive resilience in the Baltic states.
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ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik gave a kick-off speech on information manipulations in the hybrid conundrum.
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ICDS Chief Director Dmitri Teperik was invited to make a keynote speech at the international conference entitled “Digital communications in the post-truth era: realities and challenges”, held at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine on 16-17 May 2019.
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On 8 May, Head of ICDS Security and Resilience Programme Dr Ivo Juurvee participated in a workshop ‘Social Media and Conflict Escalation’ organised by King’s College London (KCL).
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In the ‘global village’, we are facing industrial scale lying, toxic narratives to produce serials of fake news, originating from Russia. However, debunking fake news doesn’t help in the long run although it is essential to check facts. It’s important to disclose false stories, scenarios, tools, and identify targets. Putting more effort into media literacy is also part of the solution.
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