Agenda and recordings

Sunday Saturday

Friday
May 12

Welcome

Jüri Luik

Opening session

The EU at 27: What Prospects for a Stronger Union?

Hans Kundnani , Edward Lucas , Federica Mogherini , Kersti Kaljulaid , Knut Abraham , Enrico Letta

Brexit, Democracy, European Union, Integration

Night owl session

People Have the Power: Can Democracy Survive Populism?

Gideon Lichfield , Carl Bildt , Phillip Blond , Robert Cooper , Constanze Stelzenmüller

Brexit, Democracy, European Union, Populism, United States
Sunday Friday

Saturday
May 13

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Securing the Eastern Partners

Andreas Umland , Victor Dolidze , Ian Bond , Edgars Rinkēvičs , Frederick Hodges

Eastern Partnership

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Defence and Deterrence in the Baltic Region: Attending to the Blind Spots?

Christian Mölling , Raimundas Karoblis , Heinrich Brauss , Margus Tsahkna , James Henry Bergeron

Baltic Sea region, Deterrence

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Turkey: New Approach Needed?

Peter Semneby , Hakan Özoğlu , Carl Bildt , Javier Niño Pérez

Turkey

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

The Balkans: Troubled Again?

Konstantin von Eggert , Jelena Milić , Ognyan Minchev , Iztok Mirošič

Balkans

Panel discussion

Hacks and (Fake) Facts: Warfare in the Information Space

Edward Lucas , Gerhard Conrad , Hans-Georg Maaßen , Taimar Peterkop , Keir Giles

Cybersecurity, Disinformation

Panel discussion

More EU, Less NATO?

Jüri Luik , Rose Gottemoeller , Nathalie Tocci , Reinhard Brandl , Etienne de Durand

European Union, NATO, Transatlantic relations

Panel discussion

Dealing with the White House – The Limits of Transactional Foreign Policy

Ahmed Rashid , Stephen Biegun , Peter Brookes , Sarah Kendzior , James Kirchick

Transatlantic relations, United States

Key note

Lennart Meri Lecture

Sauli Niinistö

Panel discussion

Be Careful What You Wish For: is Russia Trumped?

Jill Dougherty , Dmitry Suslov , Thomas Graham , Stefan Meister , Anthony Gardner

Russia, United States

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

Ukraine: Politics of Reform vs Politics of War

Jana Kobzová , Mustafa Nayyem , Anders Åslund , James Sherr

Ukraine

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

When the Medium is the Message: Shaping Foreign Policy through Social Media

Gideon Lichfield , Saara Jantunen , Michael Weiss , Peter Pomeranzev

Disinformation

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

What Are Russia’s Values?

Brian Whitmore , Zhanna Nemtsova , Alexey Levinson , Arkady Ostrovsky , Sergey Utkin

Russia

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

New Nationalisms

Indrek Tarand , Anton Shekhovtsov , Lindsay Jenkins , Masha Gessen , Lars Fredén

Nationalism
Saturday Friday

Sunday
May 14

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

US-China Relations: Security and Economy Revisited

Lars Fredén , Peter Brookes , Harinder Sekhon , Victor Zhikai Gao

China, Economy, Security, United States

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

France and Germany: In Europe’s Driving Seat Once More?

Damien McGuinness , Przymyslaw Źurawski vel Grajewski , François Lafond , Kai-Olaf Lang

Europe, European Union, France, Germany

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Grids, Pipes and Plants: EU Energy Policy in Limbo

Anke Schmidt-Felzmann , Kersti Kaljulaid , Vladimir Milov , Alan Riley , Václav Bartuška

Energy, European Union

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

What Colour Revolution in Belarus?

Kadri Liik , Andrey Dmitriev , Arkady Moshes , Yauheni Preiherman

Belarus

Panel discussion

Can the Outside World Fix the Middle East?

Kimberly Dozier , Andrey Kortunov , Sven Mikser , Mehmet Şimşek , Hemin Hussein Mirkhan

Middle East, Russia, United States

Panel discussion

Free Trade and the Global Economy – Can Growth Be Sustained in a Protectionist World?

Kristjan Lepik , Mauro Petriccione , Marietje Schaake , Stephen Biegun , Siim Kallas

Economy, Europe, Globalisation, United States

Friday

Welcome

The EU at 27: What Prospects for a Stronger Union?

People Have the Power: Can Democracy Survive Populism?

Saturday

Securing the Eastern Partners

Defence and Deterrence in the Baltic Region: Attending to the Blind Spots?

Turkey: New Approach Needed?

The Balkans: Troubled Again?

Hacks and (Fake) Facts: Warfare in the Information Space

More EU, Less NATO?

Dealing with the White House – The Limits of Transactional Foreign Policy

Lennart Meri Lecture

Be Careful What You Wish For: is Russia Trumped?

Ukraine: Politics of Reform vs Politics of War

When the Medium is the Message: Shaping Foreign Policy through Social Media

What Are Russia’s Values?

New Nationalisms

Sunday

US-China Relations: Security and Economy Revisited

France and Germany: In Europe’s Driving Seat Once More?

Grids, Pipes and Plants: EU Energy Policy in Limbo

What Colour Revolution in Belarus?

Can the Outside World Fix the Middle East?

Free Trade and the Global Economy – Can Growth Be Sustained in a Protectionist World?