In the context of the Baltic centenary, the European Leadership Network (ELN) is co-hosting with the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian Embassies a discussion on “The Next 100 Years: UK-Baltic Cooperation in Euro-Atlantic Security.” The event will be held on Wednesday 31st January 2018 in the Palace of Westminster.
The discussion will focus on UK and Baltic 3 perspectives on NATO and its role in Euro-Atlantic security, as well as on the future of UK-Baltic relations in the context of Brexit.
Chair: Sir Malcom Rifkind (Invited), former UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Board Member of the European Leadership Network.
Speakers:
- Kadri Liik, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR);
- Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Director at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (Vilnius University);
- Andris Spruds, Director of the Latvian Institute for International Affairs;
- Ian Bond, Head of Foreign Policy, Centre for European Reform; former UK Ambassador to Latvia