Topic: Defending Baltic States. Security of the Baltic Sea Region
Rapid transformation of the international order, visible today, fundamentally affects security of the Central and Eastern European States. Threat of Russia’s aggression is not diminishing – on the contrary, NATO’s eastern flank states: Finland, Baltic States, Poland but also Sweden, Denmark and even Germany are endangered with Russia’s attack (both conventional and non – conventional). Contemporary challenges and threats to the states of the Baltic Sea Region make close military and political cooperation a must – neither is able to cope with these dangers separately, but taken altogether they form a significant power to be reckoned with.
The conference's aims are to describe and diagnose current changes in European security structures as well as to make plausible predictions of future developments in order to make adequate preparations and effective countermeasures for the future dangers escalating from Russia. We invite specialists in the area of European security and intend to create the platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences to work out viable solutions which may help governments in their hard task of protecting Baltic Sea Region states and societies being under constant Russia's aggression.
ATTENTION:
For organizational reasons both panels of:
3ʳᵈ International Centre for Strategic Analysis and Forecast (CSAF) Conference
“Defending Baltic States. Security of the Baltic Sea Region”
will be held on 12 June, 2025 at the room of the Faculty of International and Political Studies Council, at Skladowa st. 43 in Lodz, Poland.
Conference program:
12 June, 2025
13.30 – 15.30 Students and doctoral candidates’ Panel Session I "Public awareness of military and non - military threats to the Baltic Sea Region states"
Participants:
- Kamila Zujevič (University of Bristol),
- Adama Kozlovski (UJ),
- Jakub Radaszkiewicz (AMW w Gdyni),
- Marcin Mikielski (WSMiP UŁ),
- Aleksander Zalech (WSMiP UŁ),
- Kanan Ahmadadza (UAM),
- Panel will be moderated by Igor Miśta (WSMiP UŁ).
15.30 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.30 Expert Panel session II “What is to be done? How to stop Russian aggression in the Baltic Sea Region?"
Participants:
- Col. Michael Malm (Swedish Armed Forces),
- Otto Tabuns (Baltic Security Foundation),
- prof. Elżbieta Kuzborska-Pacha (OBWE)
- Wojciech Lieder (Instytut Nordycki),
- Michał Piekarski (UWr)
- Vidmantas Vyšniauskas (Uniwersytetu Witolda Wielkiego w Kownie)
Panel will be moderated by Ryszard Machnikowski (WSMiP UŁ).
The format of both panels provides for a discussion after short presentations by the panelists. The expert panel is conducted strictly according to the Chatham House Rule.
The list of panelists remains open, as we are accepting applications until June 3.
A moderator will supervise the course of the debate on each panel. Going beyond the standard schemes of organizing scientific conferences, CSAF intends to create a discussion platform for participants and enable them to share their knowledge, observations and forecasts. Therefore, we do not anticipate the presentation of longer papers, preferring instead to conduct thematic discussion panels led by a moderator, in order to create the widest possible platform for the exchange of thoughts and experiences, so that the audience could learn the views of the most outstanding experts in the discussed fields.
We express our belief that the planned 3ʳᵈ International CSAF Summit will result in an innovative look at the complex issue being its theme and the dissemination of new knowledge on it.
We cordially invite you to the 3ʳᵈ International CSAF Summit.
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By creating the Centre for Strategic Analysis and Forecasting at the Faculty of Political Science and Management at the University of Lodz, we are responding to the growing dynamics of change in the international environment. By identifying the most current problems and threats in the area of geopolitics and international relations, we are creating a platform for the exchange of views and forecasts, engaging only the best domestic and foreign specialists in their fields in the events we organise. We prioritize freedom of discussion, moving away from the ossified monotony of scientific conferences, while maintaining the orderly nature of expert debates. The substantive confrontation of the views of invited guests gives us a unique opportunity to learn about other points of view and to notice the nuances of the events and processes analyzed. We also want the conclusions from the conferences organised by the Center for Strategic Analysis and Forecasting to provide an impetus for developing effective solutions that increase the security of Poland and the entire region in the face of new challenges on the international stage.
"The best way to predict the future is to create it" – Peter Drucker
The event under the media patronage of the Defence24 and International Observer.pl portal.
