During the event, which will take place on September 3–5, the discussion “NATO’s Inner Sea. Security in the Baltic Sea Region after the Enlargement of the North Atlantic Alliance” is planned. As the forum organizers note, with Sweden’s accession to NATO, the Baltic Sea has de facto become the Alliance’s inner sea, and security in northern Europe has significantly improved. All Baltic NATO countries are now a real force that can counteract possible attacks by Russia. How can we not rest on our laurels, but still improve security in the region? Are the NATO forces present in the Baltic Sea really prepared for all threats? This will be discussed by the participants of the discussion, which will be led by Damian Szacawa from the Economic Forum of Young Leaders. The invitation was accepted by: Niklas Alm, Deputy Secretary General of the Swedish Security and Defense Industry Association, Cordelia Buchanan-Ponczek, researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Rear Admiral Prof. Piotr Nieć from the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Grzegorz M. Poznański, Ambassador to the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Tomasz Szubrycht, Rector Commandant of the Naval Academy named after the Heroes of Westerplatte, and Łukasz Wyszyński, lecturer at that university.
Natalia Kopytnik, Communications Director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, will moderate the debate “Transatlantic Relations on the Eve of the US Presidential Elections – What Awaits Us?”. As we read in the introduction to the discussion, the November presidential elections in the US have been the focus of public opinion around the world for many months. The Harris-Trump rivalry looks extremely interesting to an outside observer, but in terms of transatlantic relations, and in particular for American support for Ukraine, it may prove to be a turning point. The specter of the upcoming elections is already hampering aid flowing from overseas, and after the elections it may turn out that the burden of transatlantic relations will rest on completely different priorities. What could the election result mean for Europe? Can we predict how transatlantic relations will shape up after 5 November 2024? These and other questions will be answered by Douglas Heye, journalist, communications expert from the US, Maia Otarashvili, director of the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Emil Pavić, board member of the Center for Public Policy and Economic Analysis from Croatia, and Anja Wehler-Schöck, head of the international policy department at Der Tagesspiegel. The panel partner is the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
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