Piret Pernik Quoted in “La Vanguardia” Article
On 29 April La Vanguardia, a leading daily newspaper in Catalonia that is printed both in Spanish and Catalan, published an article entitled ”Las guerras de la era de la desinformación.”
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Hybrid Threats
NATO-EU Roundtable 2018
On April 4 Sven Sakkov, Director of ICDS, moderated a panel “NATO-EU Cooperation in Countering Hybrid Threats — From Past Origins to Future Prospects” at the sixth “NATO-EU Roundtable” organised by the Estonian Atlantic Treaty Organisation in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and NATO Headquarters.
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Societal Resilience in Eastern Ukraine: Building Solid Foundations for a Nation
The long-awaited and much-debated official adoption of the so-called Donbas De-Occupation Law by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada provoked a heated discussion in Ukrainian society over the last three months on whether this legal act is merely a symbolic (if communicatively important) gesture to label Russia as a state aggressor, or whether it reflects a serious intention to create a strong foundation for the region’s re-integration.
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Dmitri Teperik at the 11th Europe–Ukraine Forum
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik participated in the 11th Europe–Ukraine Forum, which was held in Rzeszów, Poland on 13-14 March 2018.
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Countering Disinformation: The Danger of Hype—and Ignorance
A superficial understanding of the core strategy of disinformation as well as its ways, means, and ends leads us to naivety about its real effects on targeted societies and vulnerable groups.
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Latvian Banking System in Early 2018: Coping with Bad Apples?
The Latvian banking system is less than 30 years old. During these three decades, the current liquidation of AB.lv banks is the fifth major crisis in Latvian banking. Although many banks have come and gone and the Latvian banking sector has been very vibrant with a hope to become a regional financial centre, every crisis has revealed a bad apple or two.
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Disinformation: A Fight for Crimea, Ukraine and the World
In discussing disinformation as a component of contemporary military conflicts, it is necessary to point out three key issues.
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The Sunday Show
From November 30 to December 1, experts from around the world gathered in Ukraine to discuss global security issues at the Lviv Security Forum.
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ICDS Researcher Presented on Estonian Experience in Belgrade
On 15-16 November International Republican Institute’s Beacon Project and the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies hosted a roundtables under unifying name “Forgotten Frontiers: Raising awareness on the threat to Central-Eastern Europe and the Balkans”
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Ivo Juurvee Presented on the Role of Russian Intelligence Services in the Framework of Hybrid Threats
On 7 November European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in cooperation with Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Eastern Europe Studies Centre held a conference “Russia’s Influence in the Baltic Sea Region: National and Institutional Experiences in Countering Hybrid Threats” in Vilnius
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