• Maria Mälksoo and Thomas Fraise at the EISA PEC2026 in Lisbon, 1-4 September 2026

    Maria Mälksoo and Thomas Fraise participated in the European International Studies Association’s 19th Pan-European Conference at the ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal on 1-4 September 2026. Maria Mälksoo co-convened a pre-conference workshop with Dr Andrew Hom (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Lauren Rogers (University of Leuven) on ‘Ritual Times of War and Peace’…

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  • Maria Mälksoo at the SRM panel discussion, University of Copenhagen 26 August 2026

    Maria Mälksoo spoke at the panel ‘What if Russia tests NATO in the Baltics?’, organised by the Security Risk Management Student Association at the University of Copenhagen on 26 August 2026. The panel discussed threat scenarios in the Baltic region and beyond, NATO’s credibility, and the problems with crying wolf.  

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  • Mariia Vladymyrova presents her work on Russian lawfare in the Arctic at the Law and Security Conference 2026 at the University of Copenhagen

    On 27 August Mariia Vladymyrova attended the PhD symposium within the framework of the Law and Security Conference at the Law Faculty, University of Copenhagen. She presented her recent study of the coercive signaling elements embedded in the Russian regime of the Northern Sea Route. This regime provides a framework through which Moscow asserts its dominance…

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RITUAL DETERRENCE is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-COG) awarded to Dr Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (project no 101043468) for 2022-2027.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

RITUAL DETERRENCE is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-COG) awarded to Dr Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (project no 101043468) for 2022-2027.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Contact Information
info@ritualdeterrence.eu

Principal Investigator
Prof. Maria Mälksoo

Project Officer
Lise Sonnichsen

Postal Address
University of Copenhagen
Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Denmark

Contact Information
info@ritualdeterrence.eu

Principal Investigator
Prof. Maria Mälksoo

Project Officer
Lise Sonnichsen

Postal Address
University of Copenhagen
Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Denmark