Matti Maasikas

Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine

Ambassador Matti Maasikas began his career in the Estonian civil service in 1996 as Head of the Foreign Relations Department in the Chancellery of the Estonia Parliament. In 1999, he was nominated as Head of Prime Minister Mart Laar’s Private Office. He then entered the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, first as Ambassador to Finland from 2001 to 2005 and later as Secretary General in Tallinn, 2005–2008. In 2009, he moved to Brussels, where he joined the cabinet of Olli Rehn, then European Commissioner for Enlargement and later for Economic and Monetary Affairs. He then served as Permanent Representative of Estonia to the EU from 2011 to 2016. From 2016 to 2019, Ambassador Maasikas served in Tallinn as Deputy Minister for EU Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including during the Estonian Presidency of the EU Council. He was nominated as Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine in August 2019.

Subjects:

Asia, Authoritarianism, Balkans, Baltic states, Defence, Europe, European Union, Geopolitics, History, Integration, Nationalism, NATO, Russia, Security, Ukraine, War

Updated: March 27, 2022

Agenda

On the Road: Accelerating EU Enlargement?

LMC 2023

Europe, NATO, Russia, Security, Ukraine

Наша Славна Україна: Rise Up, Ukraine

LMC 2022

Asia, Europe, Russia

Novum Modus Operandi: New Method of Operating – Russia’s Neighbourhood Policy

LMC 2021

Integration, Nationalism

A Bulldozer Is not a Tool of Integration: How to Interpret Nationalism?

LMC 2019

Balkans, European Union, Security

The Western Balkans and the EU: Compromising Values for Security?

LMC 2018

Europe, European Union

European Policies Revised: Neighbours Left Out in the Cold?

LMC 2015

Articles

Authoritarianism, Baltic states, Defence, European Union, Geopolitics, History, Russia, Ukraine, War

When Reality Bites

Russia’s war in Ukraine is not over, but it is not too soon to start thinking about what comes next – for Ukraine’s future, and our own.

Matti Maasikas

LMC 2022

In the news

Frozen Ukraine-Russia Conflict Won't Stop Kyiv Joining EU: Ambassador

Intervjuu Ljubov Soboliga opositsiooni rõhumisest Venemaal ning Matti Maasikaga Ukrainast ja Venemaa naabruspoliitikast

KUKU raadio saade "Sihik", September 6, 2021

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