Maria Mälksoo presented a paper ‘Writing Deterrence Differently’ as part of the panel ‘The Ritual Moment in International Relations’ at the 2023 annual convention of the International Studies Association in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, 15-18 March 2023. She also spoke at two roundtables (on writing and publishing practices and at the Historical International Relations section’s Distinguished Scholar Panel Honouring Beate Jahn) and served as a discussant for the panel ‘Defending Memory: Exploring the Relationship between Mnemonical In/security and Crises in Global Politics’.