One Past, Many Futures
Lennart Meri said that, “Europe has one past, but an infinite number of futures.” The recent past has undoubtedly been tumultuous and the immediate future looks set to follow a similar pattern. But nothing is pre-destined. We must do all we can to shape these many futures into a positive common past.
Summary
Lennart Meri once said: “Politics is a factory producing the future”. The Lennart Meri Conference (LMC) 2019 tried to peep into the future and also, in some context, to shape it. One thing was pretty obvious from the first hour of the conference: the topic of China is here to stay.
Read moreSpeakers
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Ekaterina Schulmann
Agenda and recordings
To view video recordings of the discussions click on public panels not restricted by the Chatham House Rule.
Read moreSaid at LMC 2019
Articles
Analyses, commentaries and interviews that decode foreign, security and defence policy trends and published in the Lennart Meri Conference special edition of ICDS Diplomaatia magazine.
Let us put Europe in the lead – on our continent and on the global stage
Speech by the President of Estonia at the Lennart Meri Conference Dinner on 15 May 2026.
Nordic-Baltic Security without the United States?
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How to Resist Russia’s Covert War Against the West
In parallel with the continuation of the military intervention in Ukraine, Russia has intensified its non-military aggression in western countries, using the entire spectrum of covert actions: from supporting political proxies and propaganda, to the formation of paramilitary organisations and conducting sabotage actions against critical…
