Media Coverage of the ICDS Report “Closing NATO`s Baltic Gap”
“Closing NATO`s Baltic Gap” has been of interest in many media channels in different states. Here is a collection of some of them.
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Swedish Delegation Visited ICDS
On May 31 ICDS was visited by a delegation of Members of Parliament from Sweden including members from Foreign Affairs and Defence Policy committees of Riksdag. Research Fellow Henrik Praks gave to the visiting delegation a presentation focusing on regional security and defence issues and expectations concerning NATO’s Warsaw Summit. He described the major factors influencing Estonia’s security and defence policies, reflected on the current strategic context, threats and challenges stemming from Russia and laid out the role of Estonia and the NATO alliance in responding to them.
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Military Cadets from the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Visited ICDS
On 30th of May military cadets from the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom visited ICDS office where ICDS Director Mr Jüri Luik, Chief Executive Mr Dmitri Teperik, Research fellow Mr Henrik Praks and the Editor-in-Chief of Diplomaatia Mr Erkki Bahovski gave an overview of the Centre and its subjects. ICDS latest reports, which are concentrated to military balance, resilience in the Baltics and challenges we face prior to the Warsaw Summit, and Diplomaatia were introduced.
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Finnish Delegation Visited ICDS
On May 27, a nine-person delegation from the Finnish Institute for International Affairs (FIIA), headed by Dr. Mika Aaltola, Programme Director, The Global Security Research Programme, visited the ICDS.
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ICDS Report “Closing NATO’s Baltic Gap” Being Discussed by Lilia Shevtsova
The Kremlin’s aggression in Ukraine and its challenging actions toward NATO ships and planes are based on its “conclusion that the era of the West has ended” and that the world, including the West itself, accepts this and accepts the related notion that international relations are based on rules not based in liberal civilization, Liliya Shevtsova says.
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ICDS Research Fellow Spoke at the Conference “Questions and Answers before the Warsaw Summit” in Hungary
On May 23rd Research Fellow Henrik Praks spoke in Budapest, Hungary at the conference “Questions and Answers before the Warsaw Summit” organised by the Center for Strategic and Defence Studies of the National University of Public Service. The conference explored the perspectives from Central European viewpoint concerning recent developments in the European security architecture, specifically reflecting on the upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw, the relations with Russia and other emerging threats. He spoke in the panel “Containing Russia” and provided his views on the developments in Russia and on their effects on Baltic security. He also took part in an expert workshop “From Newport to Warsaw – Measuring Central European contributions to NATO” which was hosted by the Center for Strategic and Defence Studies in Budapest on May 20.
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ICDS Researchers Participated in a CSIS Seminar
On May 17-18, 2016, the ICDS Senior Researchers Kalev Stoicescu and Pauli Järvenpää participated as speakers in a CSIS seminar on “Baltic States and Poland Track 2 Deterrence and Strategig Stability Dialogue“arranged in Washington D.C. The seminar participation was by invitation only.
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ICDS Representative Participates in Riga Dialogue 2016
On May 17, ICDS Head of Studies Tomas Jermalavičius participated in the Riga Dialogue 2016, an annual event organised by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA) in cooperation with the European Leadership Network (ELN), Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and other partners.
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ICDS Researcher Participated in a Wilton Park Conference
On May 12-13, 2016, the ICDS researcher Kalev Stoicescu participated in a Wilton Park conference on “NATO and Russia: What Next?“, conducted at Wiston House Estate under the tagname „Deterrence“. The conference participation was by invitation only, and was entitled: „Rethinking deterrence and assurance: Russia’s strategy relating to regional coercion and possible war and NATO’s response“.
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Henrik Praks Took Part in the NATO “Hybrid Warfare A Case Study” Panel In Kiev
From 11th to 13th of May Research Fellow Henrik Praks took part in the NATO Science and Technology Organisation’s SAS-121 “Hybrid Warfare A Case Study” working panel experts visit to Kiev, Ukraine. During the visit NATO delegation met with representatives from around dozen Ukrainian institutions to discuss their experiences on combating hybrid warfare in the ongoing conflict with Russia.
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