Agenda and recordings

Sunday Saturday

Friday
April 24

Opening session

The Limits of Order

Steven Erlanger , Radosław Sikorski , Ana Palacio , Toomas Hendrik Ilves , François Heisbourg

Europe, European Union

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

Remembering Helsinki

Jill Dougherty , Jaakko Iloniemi , John Kornblum , Lauri Mälksoo , Uffe Ellemann-Jensen

Finland
Sunday Friday

Saturday
April 25

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Is Home Still a Castle? Lessons from Ukraine for the Baltic Arena

Daniel Brössler , Igor Smeshko , Sven Mikser , Frederick Hodges , Urban Ahlin

Baltic Sea region, Baltic states, Defence capabilities, Security, Ukraine

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Destination Europe: Is Migration an Opportunity or a Threat?

Eric Maurice , Per Haugaard , Urmas Paet , Stefano Silvestri , Phillip Blond

Europe, European Union, Migration, Security

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Russia’s Energy Weapon: Blunted or Still Potent?

Matthew Bryza , Alan Riley , Vladimir Milov , Yuriy Vitrenko , Ando Leppiman

Energy, Russia, Security

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

The Moment of Truth for Belarus?

Vykintas Pugačiauskas , Charles Grant , Yaraslau Kryvoi , Arseny Sivitsky , Jana Kobzová

Belarus

Panel discussion

The World According to Putin, Putin According to the World

Bobo Lo , Andrei Illarionov , Michael McFaul , Natalia Gevorkyan , Hiski Haukkala

Russia

Panel discussion

The Power of Narratives: An Unwinnable War over the Truth?

Edward Lucas , Peter Pomeranzev , Jüri Luik , Leon Aron , Linas Linkevičius

Disinformation

Face to face

Face to Face with Jean-Jacques Sahel and Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Edward Lucas , Jean-Jacques Sahel , Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Panel discussion

Ukraine: Is There a Will? Is There a Way?

Quentin Peel , Hanna Hopko , James Sherr , Taavi Rõivas , Ilya Ponomarev

Defence capabilities, Ukraine

Panel discussion

Thinking the Unthinkable: What’s Next in Store for Us?

Nik Gowing , Anne Brasseur , Lamberto Zannier , Alexander Vershbow , Riina Kionka

Europe, European Union, Future, NATO

Panel discussion

In Memoriam: Boris Nemtsov

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

In the Midst of Information War: Ends, Means and Ways

Nik Gowing , Ben Judah , Dmytro Kuleba , Todd Leventhal , Andrei Soldatov

Disinformation, Security

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

European Policies Revised: Neighbours Left Out in the Cold?

Leila Alieva , Tinatin Khidasheli , Orysia Lutsevych , Matti Maasikas , Edgars Rinkēvičs

Europe, European Union

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

The ISIS Riddle: Old New War within Islam?

Hossein Bastani , Tarek Osman , Ahmed Rashid , İlter Turan

Middle East, Migration, Terrorism

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

Extreme Right and Left in Europe: Agents of New (Dis)Order?

Quentin Peel , Anton Shekhovtsov , Ulrike Guérot , Ian Bond , György Schöpflin

Europe, Extremism
Saturday Friday

Sunday
April 26

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Transatlantic Relationship: Who Will Defend Europe?

Natalie Nougayrède , Julianne Smith , Lauri Lepik , Stefano Silvestri , Damon Wilson

Europe, NATO, Transatlantic relations, United States

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Offensive Cyber: Necessary Evil or Pandora’s Box?

Sandro Gaycken , Ariel Levite , Anna-Maria Osula , Keir Giles

Cybersecurity

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Is the Russian Military Back in Shape?

Marek Menkiszak , Aleksandr Golts , Carolina Vendil Pallin , Tor Bukkvoll , Celeste Wallander

Capabilities, Russia

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Eurasian Union: Reality or Illusion?

Kaupo Känd , Janusz Bugajski , Arseny Sivitsky , Fabio Belafatti , Marie Mendras

Asia, Europe

Panel discussion

Sanctions: A Sword or a Boomerang?

Hans Kundnani , Henrik Hololei , John A. Heffern , Sergey Aleksashenko , Anders Åslund

Economy, Europe, Russia, Security

Panel discussion

Russian Society: Fertile Ground for a Noxious Regime?

Kadri Liik , Alexey Levinson , Vladimir Milov , Masha Gessen , Artemy Troitsky

Russia

Closing session

Lennart Meri Lecture

Paul Goble

Friday

The Limits of Order

Remembering Helsinki

Saturday

Is Home Still a Castle? Lessons from Ukraine for the Baltic Arena

Destination Europe: Is Migration an Opportunity or a Threat?

Russia’s Energy Weapon: Blunted or Still Potent?

The Moment of Truth for Belarus?

The World According to Putin, Putin According to the World

The Power of Narratives: An Unwinnable War over the Truth?

Face to Face with Jean-Jacques Sahel and Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Ukraine: Is There a Will? Is There a Way?

Thinking the Unthinkable: What’s Next in Store for Us?

In Memoriam: Boris Nemtsov

In the Midst of Information War: Ends, Means and Ways

European Policies Revised: Neighbours Left Out in the Cold?

The ISIS Riddle: Old New War within Islam?

Extreme Right and Left in Europe: Agents of New (Dis)Order?

Sunday

Transatlantic Relationship: Who Will Defend Europe?

Offensive Cyber: Necessary Evil or Pandora’s Box?

Is the Russian Military Back in Shape?

Eurasian Union: Reality or Illusion?

Sanctions: A Sword or a Boomerang?

Russian Society: Fertile Ground for a Noxious Regime?

Lennart Meri Lecture