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Nordic Security Dialogue 2023

Join us in the first Nordic Security Dialogue to discuss new approaches to improving comprehensive security, coordinating responses and strengthening security cooperation in a Nordic-Baltic context.

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Nordic Security Dialogue 2023

August 11th, 2023|

The inaugural Nordic Security Dialogue event will bring together policy-makers from the Nordics and the Baltics to discuss the comprehensive security landscape, improving approaches to Nordic-Baltic security cooperation and governance and how to respond to new crises transcending national borders.

Assessing the War in Ukraine and the New Security Landscape

March 27th, 2022|

Summary & Recording of the event held on March 16, 2022 when Elisabeth Rehn Bank of Ideas and E2 Research organized an online event. The speakers of the event were Mr. Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Dr. Hanna Smith Director of Research and Analysis at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, and Ms. Kersti Kaljulaid, Former President of Estonia. The event was attended by more than 100 foreign and security policy experts and media representatives. The purpose of the event was to hear about the current situation in Ukraine on the ground, and to find answers to what the Nordic and Baltic states could do more to support Ukraine and improve common security.