The attention being paid to the geopolitical implications of the situation developing on the Russia-Ukraine border should not overshadow the need to also respond to Russia’s day-to-day manipulation of Ukrainian society, especially in the regions located near occupied Crimea and the frontline in eastern Ukraine.
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Five months before the start of the Russia-Georgia War, I wrote a paper entitled, ‘Security in the Black Sea: Back to Realpolitik?’ Six years and two months after the annexation of Crimea, I pose a different question: Realpolitik or a new unipolarity? I do so for three reasons.
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ICDS Chief Executive and Programme Director “Resilient Ukraine” Dmitri Teperik participated in the international roundtable entitled “Russia’s interference in electoral processes: threat and response”, organized by the Committee of Voters of Ukraine in Kyiv on 17 February 2020.
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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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In November 2019, more than 20 representatives of various partner organisations, local municipalities and regions of the South-East of Ukraine, journalists, public figures, opinion leaders and civil experts in the field of communications and information security visited Estonia to get acquainted with the Estonian colleagues and exchange experiences, as well as discuss ideas for joint projects.
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Estonia’s role in the world is not only related to our geographical location, instead, our future is increasingly shaped by global developments. Who will become a global superpower? What will be the position of Europe in the new world order – and Estonia’s place in that Europe? How should we face the new threats surrounding us? Is NATO the only answer?
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The Ukrainian people are looking forward to the law to be implemented and thus their well-being to be improved, commented Kalev Stoicescu, a research fellow at the ICDS, on the situation after parliamentary elections in Ukraine and people’s expectations on Kuku Raadio on 24 July.
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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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“Resilient Ukraine” team continues conducting in-depth field research in south-eastern Ukraine. The second stage of practical research took place during 20-25 May 2019 and was aimed at analysing vulnerabilities in communication, information and cyber security at the regional level in Ukraine.
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Discussion was held on 14 May 2019 at Sumy National University where journalists, students, professors and civic activists had a chance to discuss the topic of resilience with the Estonian ambassador Gert Antsu, Latvian ambassador Juris Poikans and Lithuanian Ambassador Marius Janukonis. In total, there were more than 100 participants.
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