Public lectures by a visiting professor
22-23 February, public lectures by prof. Alpo Rusi, visiting professor at Vytautas Magnus University, will be held.
Prof. A. Rusi served in the Foreign Ministry of Finland in several assignments (Hamburg, Copenhagen, New York, Bonn), and from 1994 to 1999 as foreign policy adviser to the President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari. He also served as EU Coordinator for the Sarajevo Summit 1999 and deputy Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Western Balkans in 1999-2000. He worked as professor of International Relations, 2000-2003, at Lapland University and in Hamburg. Later on 2007-2009 he was senior adviser in the Cabinet staff of the President of the UN General Assembly.
A. Rusi was from 2009-2014 the ambassador of Finland to Switzerland, with accreditation also to Liechtenstein and the Holy See. A. Rusi is a recognized scholar in the field of international relations and history of Finland, and has published several books in Finland, and in the United States and Great Britain.
| Date | Place | Topic |
| February 22, 14:35 | Gedimino str. 44 – 303 | The Baltic Sea Region Security developments under the Presidency of Donald Trump |
| February 23, 11:15 | V. Putvinskio g. 23-310 | The international system change- a deepening conflict between the US and China- A new Post Liberal World Order in Emergence |
