Missing @icds-tallinn.bsky.social’s #LennartMericonference for the first time in many years… 🥲 One of the best security conferences out there.
ICDS Tallinn (@icds-tallinn.bsky.social)

The International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn. Regional knowledge hub. www.icds.ee

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RT by @kajakallas: Alongside the indefatigable Estonian PM @kajakallas - I’ll be interviewing her along with Ukrainian FM @DmytroKuleba @TimothyDSnyder @IgliHasani @samirsaran shortly.
Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcFUnybWftM
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Keeping Up Support to Ukraine – Defining as Long as It Takes? · Lennart Meri Conference 2024

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For the lovely folks at #ICDS Tallinn and the #LennartMeriConference, I write about what Russia-focused scholars & analysts have done right & wrong in the past & the challenges for our future work. BLUF: We're a pretty sharp bunch, although not always heard. But our job is set to get harder & more fraught. https://lmc.icds.ee/studying-russia-getting-the-reckoning-right/
Studying Russia: Getting the Reckoning Right - Lennart Meri Conference

Russia is becoming harder to study, but understanding it is crucial. To ensure their work is cogent, unbiased, informed, and thus as useful as possible, scholars must engage in debate, question assumptions, and be open to new technologies.

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RT @KristiRaik: As #LennartMeriConference is drawing to a close, some take-aways from many stimulating debates on stage and in the margins.
Supporting Ukraine has become the only possible position to take. Yet the limits of Western unity are hard to hide, with constant arguments over:
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/bueti/status/1658031763078217730

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Auch beim letzten Podium der #LennartMeriConference in Tallinn 🇪🇪 ist es wieder rappelvoll. ThinkTanks, Medien, Politiker, Diplomaten, Soldaten (im Bild ⁦@NATO⁩-Oberbefehlshaber Chris Cavoli) debattieren, wie wir in Europa unsere #Sicherheit künftig organisieren. 1/2

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Lambsdorff/status/1657677589299843077

Alexander Lambsdorff (@Lambsdorff)

Auch beim letzten Podium der #LennartMeriConference in Tallinn 🇪🇪 ist es wieder rappelvoll. ThinkTanks, Medien, Politiker, Diplomaten, Soldaten (im Bild ⁦@NATO⁩-Oberbefehlshaber Chris Cavoli) debattieren, wie wir in Europa unsere #Sicherheit künftig organisieren. 1/2

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‘When Zelensky addressed the Knesset, he said that Ukraine and Israel ‘face the same threats from their enemies’. How did he think this was going to resonate in the wider Middle East?’ - Abdullah Baabood at #LennartMeriConference
Fiona Hill is giving the Lennart Meri Lecture at #LennartMeriConference . She’s only been speaking for 5 min and already made extremely interesting points on the reactions to the war in Ukraine having become “a proxy rebellion against US hegemony.
That was an engaging and interesting discussion. Though one of the summaries was “it’s going to get worse before it gets worst.” 🫣
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Starting the day at #LennartMeriConference with a discussion on new technologies in war.
Incipit Vita Nova – So Begins New Life

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