High-level guest lectures on security issues on Dec 1-2

Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies is honoured to host two distinguished guest lectures on 1-2 December 2016. The lectures discuss key security issues in the current political environment, both for Europe as well as for Estonia. With the lectures, the Skytte Institute aims to contribute to the public debate about security.

On Thursday, 1 December General (ret.) Hans-Lothar Domröse will give a public lecture on the topic "Fog of uncertainty - NATO challenges in times of change". The lecture takes place at 10.15 at Lossi 36-214.

General Domröse was the Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum by 14 December 2012 to 3 March 2016. During his career he has also served as Chief of Staff at HQ ISAF in Kabul, Afghanistan, and as the German Military Representative MC/NATO and EU in Brussels.

The lecture is organised in cooperation with the Baltic Defence College.

On Friday, 2 December CEPA Adjunct Fellow Donald N. Jensen will give a public lecture on the topic "Countering Russian Disinformation in the Baltic States". The lecture takes place at 12.15 at Lossi 36-214.

The lecture will focus on Russia’s sophisticated and effective disinformation campaign against Western values and institutions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The Baltic States are under-studied targets for the spread of this disinformation, both in terms of its consequences, and as possible sources for countering these new forms of propaganda.

Donald N. Jensen is a Senior Adjunct Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) where he edits the Information Warfare Initiative's weekly monitoring brief. Jensen is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. A former U.S. diplomat, he writes extensively on Russian foreign and domestic politics, especially Russia's relations with Europe.

The lecture is organized by the UT Centre for EU-Russia Studies (CEURUS).

The lectures are open to all, no prior registration is required.

Forwarded by:
Maili Vilson
Research Communication Specialist
Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies
University of Tartu
phone 737 6584
maili.vilson [ät] ut.ee