In 2019, EFPI completed two large research projects: on “EU-Russia interdependence” and “Estonia’s image and influence in the EU”. The main research topics of EFPI were extended to cover...
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Kristi Raik, director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, was interviewed by the Financial Times on the insulting comments made by the Estonian interior minister, Mart Helme, about Finland’s...
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How to safeguard the rule of law? How to defend free trade? How to become a global leader in climate policy hand in hand with transforming national economies?...
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The EU-Russia Experts Network on Foreign Policy (EUREN) has published a Brief by Kristi Raik titled “EU-Russia relations and security in the Baltic Sea region: relative stability in the shadow of...
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Kristi Raik’s article “The Baltic states and security in the Baltic Sea region: Dark clouds in blue sky” has been published in the BSR Policy Briefing series of Centrum...
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“Changing the direction of French or European policy towards Russia does not mean that the old policy is immediately pushed aside,” commented Piret Kuusik, junior fellow at EFPI of ICDS at Kuku...
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Kristi Raik, director of EFPI of ICDS, told to Vikerraadio that G7 meeting in France was an opportunity for president Emmanuel Macron to position himself as the most active and ambitious leader in...
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“Strengthening Europe's influence in global politics will be one of the most difficult tasks for the new EU leaders. Rules-based policy and geopolitics fit together as well as water and fire. The...
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Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky's rhetorical defiance of Vladimir Putin is rousing and without precedent, but an unsettling ambiguity hangs over his actions, writes James...
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One of the demands of the protesters in Hongkong is for ex-con chief, Carrie Lam, to withdraw the extradition law that brought the people to the streets in the first place. “So far, Lam has said...
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