Until recently, the Russian Orthodox Church was a subject that interested few outside expert circles. That dramatically changed in late 2018 when the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople granted autocephaly (independence) to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The reverberations of this decision — religious, political and geopolitcal — underscore the importance that the Church once again plays in Russian policy.
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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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In the United States, and in most other countries, the border between internal and external affairs has never been water-tight. But there has been a settled expectation that national leaders would not endanger national interests for private advantage.
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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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“In my opinion, the Council of Europe is pulling the plug on itself with this decision. The Council of Europe should stand for certain values. The question now is what these values are,” commented Erkki Bahovski, Editor-in-Chief of Diplomaatia to daily Postimees about the reinstatement of Russia’s voting rights.
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On June 26th, The Atlantic published an interview with Deniss Metsavas, a convicted traitor. Ivo Juurvee, a research fellow at the International Center for Defence and Security, commented on the possible motives of traitors and how they get caught to the Estonian news portal Delfi.ee.
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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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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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