Maria Mälksoo’s invited lecture ‘The Baltic Way of Deterrence’ in the Indiana University Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center lecture series ‘Security across Central Eurasia in the 21st Century: From the Baltic Sea to the Mongolian Steppe’

Prof. Maria Mälksoo gave an invited talk ‘The Baltic Way of Deterrence’ in the Indiana University Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC) lecture series ‘Security across Central Eurasia in the 21st Century: From the Baltic Sea to the Mongolian Steppe’ on 12 November 2025 on Zoom.

This lecture focused on the Baltic ways of practicing deterrence since Russia’s annexation of Crimea: notably in shaping NATO’s deterrence posture in the alliance’s eastern flank, on the one hand, and through the diplomatic pursuits for post-war accountability for Russia and justice for Ukraine, on the other.

Maria Mälksoo featured in the Exciting Minds Exhibition by the Estonian Research Council

Prof. Maria Mälksoo and the RITUAL DETERRENCE project are featured in the exhibition ‘Exciting Minds’, initiated by the Estonian Research Council, and featuring the researchers from Estonia who have been awarded grants by the European Research Council (ERC).

See here.

Prof. Mälksoo’s MAPIR Keynote at the University of Tübingen

Prof. Maria Mälksoo gave an invited lecture to the students and academic staff of the MAPIR (Master in Peace Research and International Relations) programme, Department of Political Science, University of Tübingen on 5 November 2025. The keynote was titled ‘Peacetiming for Future Deterrence’.

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