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International Centre for Defence and Security

Jüri Luik

Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO

Ambassador Jüri Luik has served as the Minister of Defense of Estonia several times. He has also served as the country´s Foreign Minister as well as Ambassador to Moscow, NATO and Washington and as the director of the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) in Tallinn. Ambassador Luik is a valued expert on defense and security policy and one of the key architects of Estonia´s NATO policy. As a Minister without Portfolio, he led the talks with Russia on the withdrawal of Russian forces from Estonia. Ambassador Luik has now been nominated to the post of the Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO.
Subjects:
Arms control, China, Defence, Democracy, Disinformation, Europe, European Union, History, Mali, Maritime security, Middle East, Migration, NATO, Nordic-Baltic region, Russia, Security, Terrorism, Transatlantic relations, Ukraine, United States, USA, West
Updated: August 30, 2021

Agenda

Europe
Who Should Get the MAP from Bucharest?
LMC 2008
Europe, Russia, United States, West
The Alienation of Russia and the West
LMC 2008
Europe, NATO, Transatlantic relations
NATO at 60: Managed Decline or a New Lease of Life?
LMC 2009
NATO
NATO in Libya: What Are We in For?
LMC 2011
NATO, Transatlantic relations, United States
False Posture? NATO after the American Drawdown
LMC 2011
NATO
Defining Itself (Again): NATO after Chicago, Libya and Afghanistan
LMC 2012
10 more

Articles

China, Democracy, Europe, Russia, Security, Ukraine, USA
Options for Rules-Based Players in a Changing Global Order

The future should be built on the right lessons from the past rather than the wrong ones. It is crucial to reach out to Russian people. China is not attempting to trash the international order the way Vladimir Putin is. Longtime Ambassadors Daniel Fried and…

Jüri Luik ,  Daniel Fried
LMC 2021
Jüri Luik, Lennart Meri lecture at LMC 2019
Disinformation, History, NATO, Russia, Security
Lennart Meri Lecture by Jüri Luik, Minister of Defence of Estonia

Lennart Meri Conference 2019, Tallinn 18th May 2019

Jüri Luik
LMC 2019

Talks

Jüri Luik and Carl Bildt
Arms control, China, Mali, Maritime security, NATO, Nordic-Baltic region, Russia, Security, Ukraine, United States
Cooperation in Deterrence in the Nordic-Baltic Region

As global power shifts, how can we ensure that Allies and partners remain committed to security at the West’s peripheries in the Baltic Sea region, and build effective deterrence against Russia? In this session of the Lennart Meri Conference Talks, Member of the Riigikogu (Estonian…

Carl Bildt ,  Jüri Luik
February 12, 2021

In the news

Viron Nato-lähettiläs: ”Diletanttihistorioitsija” Vladimir Putin horjuttaa Euroopan vakautta

Verkkouutiset, September 4, 2021

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