The 6th Annual International Research Conference GlobState 2023
The Baltic Defence College was one of the strategic partners for the GlobState 2023 Conference and was in charge of one of the main panels of the conference themed “Changing security dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe”, chaired by Col (Ret) Dr Eugeniusz Cieślak. The BALTDEFCOL Commandant, Brigadier General Alvydas Šiuparis presented an assessment of the security environment from the perspective of the Baltic states, focusing on military security, including the threat from Russia, and the current activities of the Baltic states.
November 28-30, 2023
The
International Conference: The Russian Aggression against Ukraine and
its Impact on Poland and the European Union
COL (ret)
Dr hab. Zdzisław Śliwa moderated the Panel: Ukrainian Perception of Russian
aggression against Ukraine.
The Jacob
of Paradyż University of Applied Sciences in Gorzów Wielkopolski organized the
Conference.
November
10, 2023
International Society of Military Sciences scientific conference
Col (ret) Dr (hab) Zdzisław Śliwa and Mr Art Johanson participated in the International Society of Military Sciences scientific conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
November 06-08, 2023
Working visit and workshop by the National Defence University of Ukraine
Delegation from the National Defence University of Ukraine.
October 16-18, 2023
Working visit by the RAND National Defence Institute
Delegation from RAND Corporation.
October 12, 2023
Air Force Command and Staff Course (AFCSC) visit from General Jonas Žemaitis’ Military Academy of Lithuania
Students from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and instructors of the Air Force Command and Staff Course (AFCSC) of the General Jonas Žemaitis’ Military Academy of Lithuania Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija, led by Course Director LTC Ovidijus Pilitauskas.
September 21, 2023
US Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program (ASLSP) visit
US Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program (ASLSP) visited the BALTDEFCOL during their European field study programme.
September 18, 2023
Meeting with Dr Shino Watanabe at Tallinn University
Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa met with Dr Shino Watanabe, a Professor at the Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and a representative from the University of Tartu. The meeting was followed by a lecture, "The Security Situation in East Asia", delivered by Tallinn University.
September 07, 2023
Working visit by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa and Dr Viljar Veebel met with researchers from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
August 23, 2023
The 15th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE), Vyautas Magnus University, Kaunas.
Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa was the speaker in the Roundtable Discussion. ‘Baltic States, the Baltic Sea Region, and New Security Challenges in Flux’.
June 15-17, 2023
Seventh Annual Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies. "War and Peace: What's Next for Eastern Europe and Eurasia?" BALTDEFCOL contributed with a roundtable discussion: "Strong, strategic, secure? The security architecture of NATO's eastern flank and the Eastern Neighborhood."
June 11-13, 2023
Swedish Defence University, Stockholm strategic workshop "Strategy and Security in the Baltic Sea Region".
May 30-June 01, 2023
May 25–26, 2023
Working visit by the Center for Civilians in Conflict
April 26, 2023
BALTDEFCOL hosted the College of Europe in Natolin
April 24, 2023
Symposium: Human Security Challenges, the University of North Georgia, Dahlonega
Past - Present - Future
April 05-06, 2023
Vilnius Security Forum 2023. United Defence, Seimas, Vilnius
March 24, 2023
Baltic Military Conference, Ministry of National Defence and the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy, Vilnius
March 23 - 24, 2023
The seminar with the faculty of the National Defence University of Ukraine
March 17, 2023
March 16, 2023/1783
BALTDEFCOL CSM visiting US Air University
March 16, 2023
Student visit from Estonian School of Diplomacy
March 13, 2023
Working visit NATO Joint Warfare Centre
February 08, 2023
Working visit Swedish Armed Forces
January 31, 2023
ACT NATO Quality Assurance Forum
November 29-30, 2022
Women, Peace and Security Conference
November 25, 2022
What to Teach - How to Teach Women, Peace, & Security and Student-Centered Learning in Professional Military Education
November 15-17, 2022.
The Annual Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences
October 11-13, 2022
Working visit of Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzow Wielkopolski
October 04, 2022
October 01, 2022
The working visit of the faculty of the National Defence University of Ukraine
September 26-30, 2022
Working visit by the National Defence University, Finland
September 30, 2022
The working visit of the faculty of the National Defence University of Ukraine
September 29, 2022
US Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Programme
19th September 2022
Visit by delegation of French Institute for Higher National Defence Studies
19th May 2022
51st NATO Conference of Commandants
18th May 2022
17th May 2022
31 May - 02 June, Riga
The workshop is organized by the Swedish Defence University and the
Finnish National Defence University with support from the Latvian Ministry
of Defence.
Three Seas Initiative, Civilian Society Forum
20 - 21 May 2022, Riga
BALTDEFCOL hosted College of Europe in Natolin
4 May 2022
BALTDEFCOL hosted EDSC CSDP HLC "Missions and Operations"
28 March - 01 April 2022
Visit by Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr
28 March 2022
Visit to Baltic Geopolitics Programme Symposium a Cambridge University, UK.
23 March 2022
Visit by the Swedish Defence University
10 March 2022
Visit by a delegation of the Estonian School of Diplomacy
9 March 2022
Working visit of Col Millet, Joint Warfare Center
1-2 November 2021
Visit by the students of the Institute of Baltic Studies
22 October 2021
The NATO Defence College Conference of Commandants 2021
12-14 October 2021, Copenhagen
The International Society of Military Sciences Conference organized by Royal Military College of Canada
12-14 October 2021, Ontario (Virtual)
NATO Professional Development Program Workshop
7-8 October 2021, Pärnu
The workshop about MA program within PME organized by the Royal Danish Defence College
29 September 2021, Copenhagen (virtually)
Visit by US Army Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program - School of Advanced Military Studies
20-21 September 2021
The NATO Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) 10th Clearing House on Defence Education
13-16 September 2021, Krakow
Working visit by LTG Sławomir Wojciechowski, Commander Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC-NE)
06 March 2021
Working visit by Professor Toomas Asser, Rector of the University of Tartu
26 October 2020
FINCENT Seminar on NATO Systems Approach to Training
20 February 2020, Tartu
Working visit by Col Michael Davis, Commandant of NATO School Oberammergau
18 February 2020
Working meeting with Mr Panagiotis Marzelas, European Security and Defence College / Cybersecurity Training Manager
05 February 2020, Tartu
The working meeting with the University of Glasgow; the University of Trento, the Dublin City University and the Latvian National Defence Academy about the International Master in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS) programme.
05 February 2020, Tartu
The working visit of the students of the University of Tartu’s Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies within the International Master Programme in Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies.
06 December 2019, Tartu
The Baltic Defence College hosted students and colleagues from the Estonian School of Diplomacy.
31 October 2019, Tartu
BALTDEFCOL and the Estonian Military Academy hosted the U.S. European Command’s (EUCOM) Capability Enhancement Regional Symposium (CERES).
29-31 October 2019, Tartu
The Central European Forum on Military Education (CEFME) Conference was organised in BALTDEFCOL.
2-4 October 2019, Tartu
Visit by faculty of Chair of Management from School of Economics and Business Administration.
2 October 2019, Tartu
The International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) publication "Estonian-French Defence Cooperation: Where Estonian Pragmatism Meets French Vision" byICDS Research Fellow Kalev Stoicescu and Mr Maxime Lebrun from BALTDEFCOL. The analysis offers a comprehensive overview on the defence policy of Estonia and France, and the development of the defence dimension of the European Union.
September 2019
The Annual Nordic-Baltic Conference of Commandants with BALTDEFCOL participation.
25–26 September 2019, Helsinki
BALTDEFCOL faculty delivered a Module on Strategy Formulation for the National Defence University of Ukraine (NDU) within the NATO Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP.
23-27 September 2019, Kiev
The visit of LTC (ret) Robert SPESSERT, Assistant Professor in the Department of Joint, Interagency & Multinational Operations at the U.S. Army Command & General Staff School at Fort Gordon, Georgia to exchange experiences on military education curriculum and utilization of exercises for teaching.
20 September 2019, Tartu
The BALTDEFCOL Dean and Faculty of DPS participated in the seminar related to cooperation together with the leadership of the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies of the University of Tartu. The Institute was represented by Mr Mihkel Solvak, the Head of Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, Ms Olga Bogdanova, the Deputy Head for Academic Affairs and Ms Piret Ehin, the Deputy Head for Research.
23 August 2019, Tartu
The BALTDEFCOL Faculty participated in the educational seminar with Finnish National Defence University. The Finnish delegation was headed by Prof. COL (ret.) Mika Hyytiäinen, Prof. LTCOL Janne Mäkitalo, who were accompanied by 6 PhD students.
21 August 2019, Tartu
BALTDEFCOL Dean, Dr. hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa participated in the 12th Europe-Ukraine Forum „Ukraine After 2019. A Change or a Continuation?” as a speaker. The event hadover 800 participants from Poland, Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership countries, the EU and the US, including government members, politicians, businessmen, regional officials, representatives of international organisations and think tanks.
24-25 January 2019, Poland
CAPT, U.S. Navy (retired) William "Bill" Combes contributed to the Skytte Institute Master's Program 'Security of the Baltic Sea Region Project' conducted by the EURUS students of the University of Tartu.
October – December 2018, Tartu
A Tabletop Exercise 'Baltics: Left of Bang' was conducted at the Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL). It was organised by the U.S. National Defense University, the Finnish National Defence University and the Swedish Defence University in cooperation with BALTDEFCOL. The aim of the exercise was to discuss anticipated activities among the U.S., EU, NATO, the Baltic and Nordic states and others.
6 December 2018, Tartu
Central & East European, Russian & Eurasian Studies (CEERES) students of UT Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studiesvisited the Baltic Defence College.
23 November 2018, Tartu
A delegation from the Polish War Studies University (WSU) led by Prof. Col. Leszek Elak, Vice-Rector for Didactic Affairs visited the BALTDEFCOL as part of their tour to the Baltic states. During the meeting, various cooperation projects between WSU and BALTDEFCOL were discussed, including the Exercise Joint Resolve 2019 that will take place in May 2019 in Poland. WSU's Staff Ride to the Baltic states was also one of the discussion topics.
23 October 2018, Tartu
Commander Gary Brooks, British Defence Attaché to Estonia visited the Baltic Defence College as a Guest Speaker for Elective 1 'Military Security of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania' of the Joint Command and General Staff Course 2018-2019. Commander Brooks talked about ’Western Powers and Baltic Cooperation – the Key to Credible Defence, Part 2. United Kingdom’.
22 October 2018, Tartu
Colonel Michael M. Minor, Canadian Defence Attaché to Baltic States visited the Baltic Defence College as a Guest Lecturer for the Joint Command and General Staff Course 2018-2019 and gave a presentation about Canada’s defence policy towards Baltic Region and NATO.
15 October 2018, Tartu
The Baltic Defence College is part of a consortium working on a project peacetraining.eu financed by the EU under Horizon 2020. The College was represented at theShaping the Future of Peace Training in Europe and Beyond- the final conference of the project that aimed to develop connections between the people involved in training for the conflict prevention and peacebuilding and exploring novel approaches to training practitioners in these areas. With 150 participants, 18 workshops, 4 plenaries and hands-on presentations of new tools in training for missions of conflict prevention and peace building, the conference explored in depth the variety of issues of preparation for the peace missions, creative approaches to design of these missions and methods and methodologies of training for both.
1-2 October 2018, Vienna
Dean of BALTDEFCOL, PhD hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa and Mr. Maxim Lebrun, the Acting Editor-in-Chief of the “The Journal on Baltic Security” had a working meeting with counterparts from the Polish War Studies UniversityAkademia Sztuki Wojennej. Lt. Col. Radosław Bielawski, PhD Eng., the Editor-in-Chief of the “Security and Defence Quarterly” accompanied by Ms. Dorota Domalewska, PhD, the Associate Editor, visited Tartu to discuss fields of cooperation between academic journals including mutual promotion and exchange of scientific papers.
24 September 2018, Tartu
Colonel Nikoloz Janjgava, First Deputy Chief of General Staff of Georgia visited the Baltic Defence College to discuss future cooperation between BALTDEFCOL and Georgian armed forces within professional military education and mutual support.
19 September 2018, Tartu
Baltic Defence College and Polish War Studies University hold an Initial Planning Conference (IPC) for the Exercise Joint Resolve 2019 in order to prepare a draft of the Exercise Plan.
17-20 September 2018, Tartu
Commandant of the Baltic Defence College Major General Andis Dilāns and Rector-Commandant of theAkademia Sztuki Wojennej(Polish War Studies University) Brigadier General Ryszard Parafianowicz signed the Letter of Intent on Cooperation between the two institutions.
14 September 2018, Tartu
Colonel Dalius Polekauskas participated in the annual NATO Exercises STEADFAST PYRAMID (STPD 18) and PINNACLE (STPE 18) as Syndicate Facilitator to lead group of senior NATO officers through a series of practical exercises designed to enable learning and develop senior leader skills and abilities to plan and execute crisis response operations (CRO) in complex operational environments.
September 2018, Riga
Commandant of the Baltic Defence College Major General Andis Dilāns accompanied by Director of Department of Leadership and Management Studies Colonel Yrjö Lehtonen and Director of the Department of Political and Strategic Studies Mr. Kjetil Berge paid a visit to the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)to exchange experiences related to the professional military education, enhance common understanding of hybrid warfare and discuss further cooperation. Both institutions agreed to exchange subject matter experts and deepen the connections.
5 September 2018, Helsinki
The Baltic Defence College participated in organizing III International Scientific Conference in the framework of the 26th International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO. Dean of BALTDEFCOL Dr. Zdzisław Śliwa delivered a speech on "The Tendencies of Unmanned Ground Vehicles Development toward Future Warfare" in one of the discussion panels.
4 September 2018, Kielce
LTC Lekveishvili from National Defence Academy of Georgia gave a lecture on ’Security in Caucasus’ to the students of Joint Command and General Staff Course.
3 September 2018, Tartu
Major General Andis Dilāns, Commandant of the Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL) and Lieutenant General Manfred Hofmann, Commander Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE), signed an Agreement of Cooperation between BALTDEFCOL and HeadquartersMultinational Corps Northeast and agreed on improving the knowledge and understanding of issues related to security in the Baltic States and beyond, exchanging of Subject-Matters Experts, supporting each other in the field of operations with expertise/advice and inviting each other to participate in conferences, study periods, exercises and other events.
2 August 2018, Tallinn
Representatives of the Polish War Studies University COL Dr hab. Krzysztof Krakowski, COL Dr hab. Eng. Leszek Elak and COL Dr hab. Tomasz Kosmider visited the Baltic Defence College in order to discuss future plans and enhance the cooperation between the two institutions. This includes the organisation of common workshops and participation of the BALTDEFCOL's students in the WSU's future exercises.
22-23 May 2018, Tartu
Representatives of the Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE), LTC Marek Skrobicki and LTC Sven Andersen discussed further mutual assistance between the two institutions within the domains of Professional Military Education and academic research. The topics included participation in exercises, staff exchanges, conferences and seminars and joint support in organizing such major civil-military undertakings.
17 May 2018, Tartu
Annual meeting of Heads of Nordic Military Libraries took place at the Baltic Defence College. Participants Kirsten Bisgaard (Danish Defence Library Centre), Tiina Järvinen (Finnish National Defence University Library), Catrin Mårdell (Anna Lindh Library), Nina Riege (Norwegian Defence University College Library) and BALTDEFCOL's librarians Eve Vahtra and Kerli Puna discussed changes the respective libraries have made during the last year and exchanged experiences and best practices on the acquisition policies of the libraries.
19 April 2018, Tartu
LTC Pål Straete, Head of NATO/EU Department of the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre and BALTDEFCOL faculty shared experiences in the field of professional military education and discussed possible areas of mutual interest and cooperation between the two institutions.
4 April 2018, Tartu
U.S. Strategic Command participated in the Baltic Defence College Annual Conference on Russia. The conference brought together academics, analysts and military officers to discuss security challenges and analyse potential responses, as well as to discuss deterring Russia. USSTRATCOM provided a panelist for the session on "Multilateral Deterrence in the 21st Century: Key Aspects and Dilemmas." Other conference panels explored topics suchs as Russian escalation patterns, lessons learned from the Zapad Exercise, and NATO responses to Russian actions and ambitions.
8-9 March 2018, Tartu
The Commandant of Baltic Defence College, Major General Andis Dilāns visited Polish Naval Academy andsigned a Letter of Intent on cooperation with the Rector-Commandant Captain Navy Professor Tomasz Szubrycht.
15 February 2018,Gdynia
The Commandant of Baltic Defence College, Major General Andis Dilāns paid a working visit to the Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE). During the meeting with MNC NE Commanding Officer Lieutenant General Manfred Hofmann (German Army), the areas in which both organizations could develop efforts in projecting stability and adding to deterrence effects in the region with a focus on professional military education and exercises were discussed. These endeavours include also the exchange of subject matter experts and contribution to activities enhancing the professional development of personnel.
13-14 February 2018, Szczecin
The Baltic Defence College Dean, Dr hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa and Colonel Albertas Dapkus, the Director of Senior Leaders’ Course and the Higher Command Studies Course conducted a working visit to the NATO Defence College. During the meeting with Brigadier General Heinz Josef Feldmann, the Division Head of Academic Planning and Policy they discussed both PME organizations' roles, courses and options for future cooperation.
09-10 January 2018, Rome
Mr. Steen Bornholdt Andersen from the Institute for Military History and War Studies Royal Danish Defence College and BALTDEFCOL faculty shared experiences related to both organizations staff ride programmes.
14 December 2017, Tartu
The delegation of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine visited the Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL) to exchange experiences related to current conflicts and to discuss future cooperation.
05-07 December, Tartu
The staff members of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Estonia (NATO eFP EST) paid a working visit to the College to discuss the potential for cooperation and security related matters.
28 November 2017, Tartu
The Dean of the Baltic Defence College, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa represented BALTDEFCOL during The Annual Conference of the International Society of Military Science (ISMS) in Oslo. He is a member of the ISMS Council.
15-17 November, Oslo
The Baltic Defence College Dean, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa provided lectures in the Akademia Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni (Poland’s Naval Academy) in Gdynia related to regional security.
06-10 November 2017, Gdynia
BALTDEFCOL Dean, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa provided lectures in the Poland’s Naval Academy in Gdynia for the military student participating in senior officers’ courses. It was focused on regional security within the ‘Cathedra Ad-Hoc’ program initiated by the Polish Ministry of Defence.
6-10 November 2017, Gdynia
The Baltic Defence College hosted the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) Professional Military Education (PME) Working Group (WG) focusing students’ exchange in between respective institutions in spring and fall semesters of 2018.
6-7 November 2017, Tartu
Mr Dirk Dubois, the Head of the European Security Defence College discussed with BALTDEFCOL leadership the Professional Military Education with the focus on the cooperation with the European Union and contribution to ESDC Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) High-Level Course.
18 October 2017, Tartu
The future of cooperation with the General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces in Wroclaw was a matter of official visit of Commandant Major General Andis Dilāns.
13 October 2017, Wroclaw
The Commandant of Baltic Defence College MG Andis Dilāns, Dean Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa and Polish Senior National Representative Col Miroslaw Smolarek conducted an official visit to the Polish War Studies University (WSU) in Warsaw.
12 October 2017, Warsaw
The BALTDEFCOL delegation participated in the Annual Nordic-Baltic Conference of Commandants 2017 to broaden cooperation with the Danish Royal Defence College, the Finnish National Defence University, the Norwegian Defence University College and the Swedish Defence University.
11 October 2017
The Baltic Defence College held a seminar on German Bundestag election with participation of Professor Vello Pettai and lecturer Thomas Linsemaier from the Skytte Institute of the University of Tartu.
19 September 2017, Tartu
Lieutenant General Tim Radford, Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) delivered a lecture 'The ARRC – Corps Operations and Land Componency’ to the faculty members and students of the Joint Command and General Staff Course 2017/2018 and Civil Servants’ Course 2017.
19 September 2017, Tartu
The faculty members of the Department of Leadership and Warfighting Faculty of the United States Air War College (AWC) participated in a seminar with BALTDEFCOL faculty related to regional security.
15 September 2017, Tartu
The BALTDEFCOL faculty participated in the Annual Baltic Conference on Defence (ABCD) 2017 “European Defence Cooperation: Out of the Shadows?”. The conference was organised by the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Estonia and the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS).
5-6 September 2017, Tallinn
The lecture “ODE’s (Officer Directing the Exercise) role in JWC supported exercises” by Major General Andrzej Reudowicz (POL A), the Commander of the Joint Warfare Centre for students of the JCGSC.
17 August 2017, Tartu
The workshop on Adult Learning within the BALTDEFCOL Faculty Development Programme by Prof. James Groccia from Auburn University and the University of Tartu.
8-10 August 2017, Tartu
The BALTDEFCOL’s Dean, Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa to Chair the conference ‘Integrated Air & Missile Defence Eastern Europe. Combatting the Regional Airborne Threat: Integration, Collaboration and Modernisation’ organized by Defence IQ.
25-26 July 2017, Warsaw
Dean Dr. Zdzislaw Sliwa participates in an academic symposium “Hybrid Threats Scenarios and Options to Face Them as an Integral Part of Security of the Republic of Poland” at the Poland’s War Studies University (WSU) in Warsaw under auspices of Poland’s Ministry of Defence.
28 June 2017, Warsaw
The lecture for faculty and students of the JCGSC by the Ambassador of the US to Estonia, H.E. Mr. James D. Melville, Jr.
13 June 2017, Tartu
The lecture “USSTRATCOM Deterrence Overview” for faculty and students of the HCSC and the JCGSC by General Clinton E. Crosier, J5 Director of Plans and Policy, US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM).
24 May 2017, Tartu
Security seminar with students of the HCSC and Military Representatives and Defence Counsellors accredited to NATO.
10 May 2017, Tartu
MG Andis Dilāns together with Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Royal Military College of Canada Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk addresses the Canadian Security Studies Course (CSSC) and CFC faculty during the Europe/Russia seminar.
8 May 2017, Toronto
MG Andis Dilāns and Dr. Zdzislaw Sliwa participate in the “Baltic Security Forum” with faculty of the US Army War College moderated by Professor Marybeth Ulrich.
3 May 2017, Toronto
The lecture for faculty and students of the HCSC and the JCGSC by H.E. Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Republic of Estonia.
4 April 2017
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