20 years ago I was an exchange student in Helsinki taking a break from working MoD Estonia on #Estonia joining NATO. Recently one of my friends in #Finland found this pen I had given. A long wait but the more rewarding now. Thank you & big respect to Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin

Thrilled to see so many #cybergurus back in Tallinn for #CyCon2022 NATO CCDCOE and the brightest ever cover colours of the CyCon Book! (though the #CyCon2019 Book does remain the thickest) Looking fwd to the goodreads inside! Keir Giles care to display your collection? #KeepMoving

DYK that Estonia would normally have been a founding member of NATO back in 1949, were it not for the half-a-century Soviet Russian occupation that only ended in 1991? Here's an interesting artefact:

Russia is using our connectivity to dissolve us” and “Critical Infrastructure is the new front of warfare” - sober reminders and reality checks on trust and connectivity by 🇪🇪 PM Kaja Kallas and 🇪🇺 COM Pres.Ursula von der Leyen to kick off Tallinn Digital Summit Tallinn Digital Summit . #TDS22

A busy week ahead for my #cyberrangers team at CR14 cr14.ee - follow us on LinkedIn to learn firsthand of what will be going on! NATO ACT #WeAreAllies #WeAreNATO

#Highlights of the week: 1⃣ #CyberCoalition is NATO ACT led one of the world's largest cyber defence exercises. It strengthens #NATO's deterrence & defence in and through cyberspace, as well as enhances the cyber resilience of Allied nations. act.nato.int/articles/natos… #WeAreNATO

Welcome to NATO, dear Finns and 🇫🇮! 🤜🤛 m.youtube.com/watch?v=DsfSLe…

Always good to have a resident historian on stage! 💡Timothy Garton Ash reminding us that the war in 🇺🇦 also a step forward in achieving a Europe _whole_ and free. Both sides of Gulf of 🇫🇮 in both EU & NATO for over a month now. 🤜🤛 At #LennartMeriConference by ICDS Tallinn

‘If we call #Russia a regional problem then #China will be happy. And #Europe will be the region!’ I won’t attribute it but like the rest, the ‘All quiet on the Western Front?’ session going 🎯&💪 on key security issues at #LennartMeriConference by the one & only ICDS Tallinn 👏

Prigozhin has decided to cross the Rublyovka.

Välkommen till NATO , #Sverige! 🇸🇪🤜🤛 Skål to 32 x more security. 💪

My recent commentary for ICDS Tallinn on U.S. halting #Cyberdefense operations vis-a-vis #Russia & what are the implications on NATO and #Ukraine, also referring to @DODResponse

🔴 LIVE | Opening panel | Running on Faith: NATO Summit in the Hague - Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 - Radmila Shekerinska, Radmila Shekerinska - Margus Tsahkna, Estonian MFA 🇪🇪 | 🌻 #StandWithUkraine - Matt Whitaker 🇺🇸, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Moderator: Amy Mackinnon, POLITICO 🎦 youtube.com/watch?v=g-0zfF… #LennartMeriConference

“Allies agree that there is a clear and present danger”. NATO ’s top #foreignpolicy and #securitypolicy brass back in Tallinn for the annual #LennartMeriConference by ICDS Tallinn Looking fwd to a thoughtprovoking weekend on not only running on faith.

“Quite frankly, I’d also like to see president Putin in The Hague!”#Poland FM Sikorski Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 at the #LennartMeriConference by ICDS Tallinn Touché! 🤺

“When peace happens we will not go back to business as usual.” NATO DSG Shekerinska Radmila Shekerinska on future relations with #Russia @#LennartMeriConference🤝🤞ICDS Tallinn

Final session of #LennartMeriConference 2025 by ICDS Tallinn “Allies, Enemies and Interests” now live with a good start reminding us of the risk of “velociraptors”learning new tricks but also of Estonia’s 3rd place Eurovision Song Contest . Tune in ⏩️ lmc.icds.ee

3 good points from #Finland President Alexander Stubb at #LennartMeriConference by ICDS Tallinn (in reverse order): 1) take foreign policy as it is (not what you’d like it to be), 2) add “Values” to “ Allies, Enemies and Interests”, 3) Start your day with an #EspressoMacchiato 😎