Operation Baltic Sea – How the West Is Countering Russia’s Hybrid Warfare
A joint publication by Toivo think tank and Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
Expert report written by:
- Pauli Aalto-Setälä
Member of Finnish Parliament; Member of parliamentary conference for the Baltic Sea countries - Ionela Ciolan
Researcher, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies - Jyri Häkämies
CEO, Finnish confederation of industries - Jari Hänninen
Docent, Biodiversity center of Turku University
- Susanna Kupiainen
Communication and Dissemination manager, BalticSeaH2 project - Sari Multala
Finnish Minister of the Environment and Climate - Teija Tiilikainen
Director, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
- Nina Tynkkynen
Professor of Environmental Governance and Policy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku
Agenda for the publication event, 25 Nov
- 09:00–09:05 — Opening remarks
Raine Tiessalo, Executive Director, Toivo - 09:05–09:15 — Euro-Atlantic Responses to Russia’s “Boiling Frog” Strategy in the Baltic Region
Dr Ionela Ciolan, Research Officer, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies - 09:15–09:35 — Panel discussion: Countering hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea region Dr Ionela Ciolan and Dr Teija Tiilikainen, Director, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)
- 09:35–09:45 — Audience Q&A and discussion
- 09:45–09:55 — Finnish public opinion on the Baltic Sea Juho Rahkonen, Director, Iro Research
- 09:55–10:15 — Panel discussion: Politics and the protection of the Baltic Sea (in Finnish) Pauli Aalto-Setälä, Member of Parliament and Baltic Sea parliamentarian, Dr Nina Tynkkynen, Professor of Environmental Governance and Policy, Åbo Akademi University
- 10:15–10:30 — Audience Q&A and discussion