The Spirit of Yalta in Putin’s Article “The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II”
The Munich Agreement cannot be considered the same as the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
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Strategic Communication
Ivo Juurvee in NATO StratCom COE Talks on Falsification of History
Russia’s attention to history – especially to WWII or what they call Great Patriotic War – has steadily grown since 1995 and has by now exceeded the Soviet era and is still growing, Dr Ivo Juurvee, ICDS Head of Security and Resilience Programme noted in a NATO StratCom COE webinar on the use of history as a tool of foreign influence by Russia and other actors.
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The Bronze Soldier Crisis of 2007: Revisiting an Early Case of Hybrid Conflict
This report revisits the spring 2007 crisis in Estonia, centred on the World War II memorial known as the Bronze Soldier statue. The crisis is well-known both in Estonia and abroad. It was one of the first wake-up calls to the cooling of relations between Russia and the West. It also involved the first use of wide-ranging cyber-attacks against a state.
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Clashes Between Old and New Historical Consciousness
As collective memories have a tendency to fade away, it is imperative to embed the kernel of lessons learned from the modern history of Europe into formal and informal education and new media formats that appeal to the young to shape their values and attitudes towards democratic principles.
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Does the West Dare to Open the Eastern Front of Information War?
Why should the West also go on the offensive against the Kremlin to counter disinformation? Because The Kremlin, beyond any doubt, will continue to spread and accelerate its hostile influence activities against Western democracies. The Western societies have nothing to lose, but rather can benefit, by moving the front line from their information space into Russia’s.
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Teperik in Kyiv on Resilience: It’s About Trust, Dialogue and Balance of Freedoms
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik spoke at the panel discussion entitled “Politics, Security Influences, and Human Dignity” organised by the Analytical Centre of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Kyiv, Ukraine on 16 December 2019.
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Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Deepfakes, Cheapfakes and the Limits of Deception
Disguise and deception are permanent fixtures in history.
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ICDS Roundtable on National Resilience in Ukraine
Ukrinform and ICDS organised a public roundtable discussion entitled “National Resilience: New Approaches to Solving Old Problems” on 12 December 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Teperik on NATO70: We Need to Know Who and How Shapes Our Perceptions of the Alliance
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik participated in expert discussion on NATO evolution during last 70 years.
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Autumn School Resilience League 2019 on Disinformation and Societal Polarisation
International Autumn School Resilience League 2019 gathered around 70 young professionals and experienced experts from the Baltic states, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries. During the 6-day long event, participants discussed various aspects related to cognitive resilience against hostile disinformation, societal polarisation and harmful radicalisation.
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