ICDS Non-Resident Research Fellow Commented on the Developments in Turkey
ICDS non-resident research fellow Helga Kalm commented in Vikerraadio on Turkey`s latest progress and development with Klen Jäärats and Aarne Rannamäe.
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Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
The European Union Global Strategy: How Best to Adapt to New Challenges?
The writing of the new European Union Global Strategy comes at a difficult time. The world has become more and more volatile and there are crises on Europe’s eastern, southeastern and southern flanks. Although the conflicts in the south and the east are very different in nature, they both highlight the need for the EU to strengthen its foreign and security policy to better respond to a hybrid blend of challenges, which involve military and non-military, conventional and unconventional methods and tactics. The Global Strategy has the difficult task of setting the EU’s interests and objectives in respect of global security as well as the means to achieve them in the medium and long term.
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Helga Kalm in Välismääraja
ICDS Research Fellow Helga Kalm together with Member of Parliament Mr Marko Mihkelson commented on the radio program Välismääraja on the crisis between Saudi Arabia and Iran. They discussed the implication of the current crisis on the wider region and whether the lifting of sanctions might escalate tensions even further.
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ICDS Research Fellow Speaks to the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Parliament of Estonia
On January 19 ICDS Research Fellow Helga Kalm spoke to the Commission on Foreign Affairs of the Parliament of Estonia about the recent escalation of tensions in relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Helga Kalm Speaks about Climate Refugees
ICDS Junior Research Fellow Helga Kalm spoke about climate refugees at a seminar organised by the Estonian Green Movement in Tartu on December 1 and in Tallinn on December 9.
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ICDS Junior Research Fellow Helga Kalm Speaks about Baltic Cooperation in the Light of Refugee Crisis
The seminar „Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: cooperation and outlooks in the context of security challenges for the region and the EU” was held on November 23 in Tallinn jointly organized by Institute of Public Affairs (Poland) and the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS). The seminar introduced the results of an opinion poll conducted by the Institute of Public Affairs in Poland and the three Baltic States about opinions in the society on current international and regional affairs. The presentation was be followed by a debate of experts from the four countries focusing the results of the poll as well as the reactions in the society to the refugee crisis and threat of terrorism.
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Regional Security Challenges in the Real and Virtual Worlds
On October 7, 2015 ICDS Senior Research Fellow Pauli Järvenpää and Research Fellows Tomas Jermalavicius, Riina Kaljurand, Helga Kalm, and Piret Pernik spoke at the conference “Regional Security Challenges in the Real and Virtual Worlds.”
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Junior Research Fellow Helga Kalm Speaks about Terrorism and Regional Security Aspects
Junior Research Fellow Helga Kalm delivered a lecture on Terrorism and regional security aspects at conference on “Regional Security Challenges in the Real and Virtual Worlds” organized by the College of Europe Natolin on 7 October 2015.
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ICDS Research Fellows Speaks about Connections and Interlinks between the Crises on EU’s Eastern and Southern Borders
ICDS Research Fellows were panellist at Security and challenges in the EU neighbourhood round table organized by the Estonian School of Diplomacy on 6 October 2015.
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Junior Research Fellow Helga Kalm Gave a Lecture on the Past, Present and Future of the Crisis in Syria
Junior Research Fellow Helga Kalm gave a lecture on the past, present and future of the crisis in Syria in Tartu on September 22.
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