Conference „Security, Cooperation and Identity in Northern Europe”

news-7857351572-1452695012_200x150_29297dcdd0ee95cb87cc585f46aa6235The conference will summon politicians, academics and experts from Lithuania and the Nordic States and aims at publicizing results of the conference.

Northern Europe, the network of small and medium-size states and regional organisations is in generous supply of contemporary challenges and opportunities of geopolitical, social and economic nature. Growing assertiveness of Russia in its north-western neighbourhood and beyond, a potential of thaw in relations with Belarus, a need for a responsive engagement of NATO in the Baltic States and Poland, migrant crisis and issues related to EU solidarity, the rise of Eurosceptic and far-right political mood in the region, let alone far reaching consequences of terrorism constitute a fertile ground for political and academic discussions. Their synergy enables us to have a better grasp of political complexities and scout around for cooperative responses to the aforementioned problems.

Date and location: 29 January 2016 , Embassy of Finland, Vilnius, K. Kalinausko str. 24

Organisers: Vytautas Magnus University, Embassies of Finland, Norway and Sweden in Lithuania and Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania

Language of the conference is English.