Event Description

Register for the conference Baltic Sea Region security challenges after Ukraine on Wednesday 22 February 12.30-17 and Thursday 23 February 8.45-15.30.

The seminar will take place at:
DIIS Auditorium 
Entrance at the reception on Gl. Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A, 2100 Copenhagen.

Practical questions contact event@diis.dk.
We look forward to welcoming you. 

Best,
DIIS Events

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
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The war between Russia and Ukraine has unsettled the security situation in Europe, felt most acutely in the Baltic Sea region. Russia’s aggression has re-emphasised fear in the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia that Russia might target them next. What does this mean for the security situation in the Baltic Sea region in the future? To answer this question, DIIS in collaboration with RDDC and CWS has invited a range of subject matter experts to help us understand the different dimensions at play. Over one and a half day we will discuss how Geopolitical, Military, Information, Energy and Total Defence aspects of the current situation are dealt with. 

Programme

Day 1, 22 February

12.30-13.15   Lunch

13.15-13.30   Welcome, Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke, DIIS

13.30-15.00   Panel 1: How the major powers view the Baltic Sea Region
Moderator: Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke, DIIS

Beijing’s perspective, Andreas Bøje Forsby, Danish Institute for International Studies

Berlin’s perspective, Amelie Theussen, Royal Danish Defence College

Moscow’s perspective, Charlotte Flindt Pedersen, The Foreign Policy Society, DK

Warsaw’s perspective, Milosz Jeromin Cordes, The Foreign Policy Society, DK/Lund University, Sweden

Washington’s perspective, Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, Danish Institute for International Studies

15.00-15.15   Coffee break

15.15-16.45   Panel 2: Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership and the security in the Baltic Sea Region
Moderator: Elias Götz, Royal Danish Defence College

How does Finland's and Sweden's membership in NATO affect the Russian-Western security dilemma in the Baltic Sea region?, Jørgen Staun, Royal Danish Defence College (RDDC)

Naval-military aspects of the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, Anders Puck Nielsen, Royal Danish Defence College (RDDC)

Swedish and Finnish NATO membership: Consequences for Arctic and Baltic security, Niklas Granholm, Totalforsvarsinstitutet (FOI), Sweden

16.45-17.00   Thank you and see you tomorrow, Trine Villumsen Berling, DIIS

Day 2, 23 February

08.45-09.00   Coffee and croissants

09.00-09.15   Welcome back, Trine Villumsen Berling, DIIS

09.15-10.45   Panel 3: Challenges and resilience in the Baltic Sea Region information space
Moderator: André Ken Jakobsson, SDU

An Estonian view, Dmitri Teperik, International Centre for Defence and Security, Estonia

A Latvian view, Solvita Denisa-Liepniece, Baltic Centre for Media Excellence

A Lithuanian perspective, Mantas Martišius, Vilnius University

A Swedish view, TBC

A Finnish perspective, TBC

10.45-11.00   Coffee break

11.00-12.30   Panel 4: Ensuring Energy Security within Geopolitical Constraints
Moderator: Trine Villumsen Berling & Veronika Slakaityte, DIIS

Energy vs geopolitics, Lukas Trakimavicius, NATO Energy Security Centre for Excellence, Lithuania

Hydrogen as a means to boost energy security, Maryna Hritsyshyna, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, Germany

Potential in offshore wind and Energy Islands, Hanne Storm Edlefsen, Energinet, Denmark

Conventional nuclear energy and small modular reactors, Bent Lauritzen, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

12.30-13.30   Lunch

13.30-15.00   Panel 5: Total Defence as a solution to the changed threat environment?
Moderator: Karen Lund Petersen, DIIS

The role of total defence in Norway, Sissel Haugdal Jore, Stavanger University, Norway

Civil military relations and total defence in Sweden, Joakim Berndtsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

The Finnish perspective, Tapio Juntunen, Tampere University, Finland

Denmark and Total Defence, Michael Zilmer-Johns, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DK

15.00-15.30   Thank you and goodbye

Practical information
The conference will be held in English in DIIS' Auditorium, Gammel Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A, 2100 Copenhagen.