• Maria Mälksoo’s Keynote at the IOS Annual Conference 2026

    Prof. Maria Mälksoo delivered a keynote lecture “The New Deterrence Agents from Europe’s East” at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) Annual Conference “From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures – Politics in East and Southeast Europe” in Regensburg, Germany on 23 April 2026. The talk examined how Russia’s war against Ukraine…

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  • Mariia Vladymyrova delivers a guest lecture at the University of Southern Denmark

      Mariia Vladymyrova delivered a guest lecture on Baltic security to students at the University of Southern Denmark. Her talk addressed the gaps in how public and policy discourse currently assesses the region, aiming to reframe the hybrid threat environment in the Baltics not as a standalone phenomenon, but as a symptom of a broader…

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  • Mariia Vladymyrova discusses Russian deterrence in the grey zone with ABC Nyheter (Oslo)

    Earlier this month, Norway and the United Kingdom disclosed a weeks-long military mission to deter Russian submarines operating near undersea cables and pipelines north of the UK. These vessels reportedly mapping critical infrastructure in the North Atlantic. But beyond the military threat, Moscow leans on civilian assets, too. Russian fishing fleets — which can still…

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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