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Roundtable Seminars, Workshops & Conferences

The Baltic Defence College hosts regular roundtable seminars, whereby its own faculty or prominent academics, commanders or officials are invited to present on a topic of relevance, followed by discussion between participants. In addition, BALTDEFCOL's faculty members attend various workshops and seminars as speakers and participants.

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2023


Connecting theory and practice: defence policy and strategy development 

Date: 28 April 2023
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: General Martin Herem, the Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces
Lieutenant General Leonīds Kalniņš, the Commander of the Latvian National Armed Forces
Brigadier General Alvydas Šiuparis, the Commander of Lithuanian TRADOC
Moderated by Commodore (R) Hans Christian Helseth, Royal Norwegian Navy – Senior Mentor, Baltic Defence College


'Protecting civilians in high-intensity warfare: learning from Ukraine'

Date: 25 April 2023
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Dr Karolina MacLachlan - Senior Adviser of Policy and Advocacy, CIVIC
Dr Kaleigh Heard - Lecturer, University College London
LTC (ret) Tom Sheperd - Senior Fellow, CIVIC
Mr Alexander Grif, Country Director Ukraine, CIVIC


“A black Swan” in the eve of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Date: 18 April 2023
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Mr Daivis Petraitis


2022

The Arctic and the High North

Date: 10 November 2022
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Dr. Andreas Østhagen – Senior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute & Wilson Center
Commodore (R) Hans Christian Helseth, Royal Norwegian Navy – Senior Mentor, Baltic Defence College
Major Sébastien Bouchard, Royal Canadian Engineers – JCGSC Student, Baltic Defence College


Wider Black Sea & Caucasus in the heart of Euro-Atlantic Security

Date: 05 October 2022
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Amb. Shota Gvineria - Lecturer at the Baltic Defense College
Caucasus Major-General Constantin-Adrian Ciolponea - Deputy Commander Multinational Corps South-East (DCOM MNC-SE)
Amb. Dr. Batu Kutelia - Vice-president of the Atlantic Council Georgia
Dr. Dumitru Mirzarari - Lecturer at the Baltic Defense College 


Sixth Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies

Date: 12-14 June 2022
Organised by: the Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies (CEURUS) at the University of Tartu
Contribution:

  • Brief titled “Private military companies' role in contemporary conflicts” in a panel: “Russia as a Eurasian security actor” by Dr Zdzislaw Sliwa,
  • Roundtable: “War at the doorstep: Current and future security challenges in the Baltic Sea Region”
    Moderator: Louis John Wierenga
    Speakers: Asta Maskaliunaite, Zdzislaw Sliwa


Ukraine and NATO: Today’s lessons for Tomorrow

Date: 15 March 2022
Organised by: LATO and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia
Contribution: AMB Shota Gvineria (speaker) and Dr Sandis Šraders (moderator).


China rising.

Date: 8th of February 2022
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Dr Roberta Haar, COL Doh and Dr Una Aleksandra Berzina-Cerenkova, moderated by Mr Louis Wierenga from BALTDEFCOL



2021

Wroclaw Security Forum 2021. - 2nd International Science Conference NATO and the EU – strategic partnership and cooperation within Euro-Atlantic security area

Date: 14 - 16 December 2021
Organised by: University of Wroclaw and Institute of International Studies
Contribution: Speaker: Amb. Shota Gvineria; Col. (Ret.) Dr hab. Eugeniusz Cieslak; Moderator of a panel: Col. (Ret.) Dr hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa

 

Seminar: Hybrid Threats as New Challenges During COVID-19

Date: 15 December 2021
Organised by: Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS)
Contribution: Speaker: Col. (Ret.) Dr hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa

 

4th Annual International Research Conference GlobState 2021. Security Environment in the (Post) Pandemic World and Its Implications for the Conduct of Military Operations

Date: 30 November - 02 December 2021
Organised by: Doctrine and Training Centre of the Polish Armed Forces, Bydgoszcz
Contribution: Speakers: Col (res.) Ronald Ti; SGM Peeter Einbaum; Moderator of a panel: Col. (Ret.) Dr hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa

 

Lecture by Professor Anthony King ‘The urban battlespace: 21st century warfare and return of the siege’

Date: 22 November 2021
Organised by: Baltic Defence College

 

Lecture by Col Millet ‘NATO Concepts and Joint Warfare Centre’

Date: 1 November 2021
Organised by: Baltic Defence College

 

Russian Military mindset & action. Russian Militocracy

Date: 22 October 2021
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Mr Daivis Petraitis

 

Rethinking Military Professionalism

Date: 15 March 2021
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Dr Vanessa Brown (the Canadian Force College) and Dr Tamir Libel (the University of Bamberg)

 


2020

Overview on Resistance Operating Concept

Date: 19 November 2020
Organised by: NATO SOF HQ and Department of Military Studies
Speakers: LTC Michael Dvorak (BALTDEFCOL) and Dr Byron Harper (NATO SOF HQ)

 

The Next POTUS: Shaping Things to Come

Date: 20 October 2020
Organised by: Baltic Defence College

 

Roundtable "Quo Vadis Belarus?"

Date: 16 September 2020
Organised by: Baltic Defence College

 

25th Anniversary of BALTBAT

Date: 6 February 2020
Organised by: Baltic Defence College

 

Know your Adversaries

Date: 30 January 2020
Organised by: Baltic Defence College


2019

Workshop on Cyber Defence: How to incorporate cyber in planning our defence and security

Date: 9 December 2019
Organised by: Baltic Defence College

2018

Air Defence Seminar

Date: 20 November 2018
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper,Mr Meelis Oidsalu, Mr Ugis Noritis, Mr Edgars Slišans and Lieutenant Colonel Rolandas Greibus

 

ADL Workshop

Date: 20 November 2018
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speaker: Ms. Anna Beitane, University of Tartu

 

Cyber Aspects in Contemporary Operations

Date: 15 October 2018
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speakers: Colonel Jaak Tarien, Director of NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence

 

NATO Summit results: Implications for the Baltic region

Date: 19 September 2018
Organised by: Baltic Defence College
Speaker: Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevicius,Commander of Training and Doctrine Command in Lithuania

 

Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies

Date: 10-12 June 2018
Organised by: Centre for EU-Russia Studies at the University of Tartu, the Global Europe Centre at the University of Kent, and the Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University
Speaker: Dr hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa, Baltic Defence College

 

Table Top Exercise (TTX)

Date: 7 June 2018
Organised by: Swedish Defence University in cooperation with the US National Defense University
Speaker: Dr hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa, Baltic Defence College

 

Security Policy and Strategic Thinking Workshop

Date: 29-31 May 2018
Organised by: Swedish Defence University in cooperation with Latvian Ministry of Defence
Speakers: Dr hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa; Col Tarmo Ränisoo, Baltic Defence College

 

Baltic regional defence cooperation and hard security challenges

Date: 12 of April 2018
Participants:Staff and Students of the Natolin Campus of the College of Europe
Speakers: Dr Asta Maskaliunaite; Dr Viljar Veebel; Dr Matus Halas and LTC (ret) Ugis Romanovs, Baltic Defence College

 

Academic Alliance Conference and TTX 2018

Date: 15-16 March 2018
Participant: COL Dalius Polekauskas, Baltic Defence College

 

4th EASTERN PLATFORM - TARTU SEMINAR “All Quiet on the Western Front? EU-Russia Relations in the Age of Populisms&rdquo

Date: 6-7 April 2018
Speaker: Dr hab. Zdzislaw Sliwa, Baltic Defence College

 

Evaluation of Zapad exercises in context of weapons capability of Republic of Poland

Date: 15 February 2018
Organised by: Polish Naval Academy in cooperation with Baltic Defence College
Agenda

 

Impact of Korean Peninsula Tensions on Regional Security and Beyond

Date: 5 February 2018
Speakers: Dr Matthias Maass

 


2017

Western Powers and Baltic Cooperation – the Key to Credible Defence, Canada

Date: 20 November 2017
Speakers: Col Josh Major, Professor Christian Leuprecht, Mr Hasit Thankey

 

Cyberspace as a Domain of Operations - what does in mean for the Baltic states?

Date: 14 November 2017
Speakers: LTC Franz Lantenhammer, MAJ Ivars Ercums,CPT Uko Valtenberg, Mr Tanel Sepp, Mr. Gert Auväärt, Mr. Davis Baumanis

 

Effective Security Strategy Models: Lessons from U.S. and Small States for the Baltics

Date: 18 October 2017
Speakers: Mr Olevs Nikers, Mr Otto Tabuns, Mr Paul Goble

 

ZAPAD–2017 – Implications for European Security

Date: 5-7 October 2017
Organised by: Estonian Ministry of Defence and the Potomac Foundation

 

Zapad-2017: Lessons Learned and the Way Ahead for NATO-Russian Relations

Date: 4 October 2017
Speaker: Mr Mark Voyger

 

German Bundestag election

Date: 19 September 2017
Speakers: Professor Vello Pettai; Lecturer Thomas Linsemaier, the Skytte Institute of the University of Tartu

 

Baltic Region Security

Date: 15 September 2017
Participants: Faculty members of the Department of Leadership and Warfighting Faculty, United States Air War College
Speakers: Dr Asta Maskaliunaite; Dr Matus Halas; and Mr Mark Opgenorth, Baltic Defence College

 

European Integration: 60 years of peace?

Date: 8 May 2017
Speakers: Dr Stefano Braghiroli, University of Tartu and Dr Viljar Veebel; Mr James Rogers, Baltic Defence College

2016

America and NATO: Alliance or ‘Amerexi’?

Date:21 November 2016
Speakers: Col (ret) Dr Charles Parker, Institute for the Study of Strategy and Politics in Washington

 

Concordance Theory

Date:16 November 2016
Speakers:Dr Rebecca L. Schiff, U.S. Naval War College

 

‘Brexit’ or ‘Bremain’: Drivers and Implications

Date: 9 June 2016
Speakers: Mr Kalle Palling, Estonian Parliament and Dr Ashley Roden-Bow; Mr James Rogers, Baltic Defence College

 

Porcupine Defence

Date:7 April 2016
Speaker:Col William Nemeth, United States Navy (Sixth Fleet)

 

Transatlantic Cooperation and the Security Environment

Date: 7 March 2016
Speaker: H.E. Ambassador Mr Renatas Norkus, Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence

 

Brains-based Approach to Strategy

Date: 12 January 2016
Speaker: Dr Harlan Ullman, Senior Adviser, Atlantic Council

 


2015

Baltic states’ energy security: from dependence on Russia to interdependence within the European Union

Date: 9 November 2015
Speaker: Mr Emmet Tuohy, Research Fellow, International Centre for Defence and Security

 

After the Newport Summit: Assurance in Light of Ukraine

Date: 26 October 2015
Speakers: Mr James Rogers, LtCol (ret) Ugis Romanovs; Dr Andriy Tyushka, Baltic Defence College

 

Cyber in International Relations

Date: 19 October 2015
Speaker: Mr Hannes Möllits, Baltic Defence College

 


2014

Military activity in the Baltic Sea: A ‘game changer’ for the region?

Date: 8 December 2014
Speaker: Lt Col Mathias Jarvare; Mr James Rogers and Lt Col (ret) Ugis Romanovs, Baltic Defence College

 

Information Warfare: Old or New?

Date: 24 November 2014
Speaker: Dr Nerijus Maliukevicius, International Relations and Political Science, University of Vilnius

 

After the NATO Summit in Wales: Assurance for the Baltic states?

Date: 20 October 2014
Speakers: Dr Asta Maskaliunaite; Mr Henrik Praks and Mr James Rogers, Baltic Defence College

 

The Russian Annexation of Crimea: Eastern Europe in Geopolitical Flux?

Date: 24 March 2014
Speakers: Dr Augustine Meaher; Mr Henrik Praks and Mr James Rogers, Baltic Defence College

 


2013

The State of European Military Power: Current Challenges, Future Possibilities

Date: 9 December 2013
Speaker: Prof Sven Biscop, Director of ‘Europe in the World’ Programme, Egmont Institute

 

Germany and the Atlantic Alliance

Date: 4 September 2013
Speaker: LTG Jurgen Bornemann, Former Director-General, NATO International Military Staff

 

Sweden and the Wider Baltic

Date: 8 April 2013
Speaker: AMB (ret) Michael Sahin, Former Swedish Ambassador to Norway and Turkey

 

Lithuania in the Wider Baltic

Date: 5 March 2013
Speaker: Dr Vaidotas Urbelis, Directorof the Department of Atlantic Cooperation, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

Estonia in the Wider Baltic

Date: 14 February 2013
Speaker: Mr Eerik Marmei, Director of Division of the Political Department, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 


2012

Latvia in the Wider Baltic

Date: 6 December 2012
Speaker: Mr Andzejs Vilumsons, Director, Security Policy, Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

 

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