28
March 2017
Past Event
The Baltic States and the Trump Administration: A Conversation with the Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

The Baltic States and the Trump Administration: A Conversation with the Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
March 28, 2017
At the celebrations of the Independence Day in Lithuania, March 11, 2017. (Lithuania in NATO/Twitter)
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At the celebrations of the Independence Day in Lithuania, March 11, 2017. (Lithuania in NATO/Twitter)
28
March 2017
Past Event

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Speakers:
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John P. Walters

President and CEO

Sven Mikser

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia

Edgars Rinkēvičs

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

Linas Linkevičius

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

In 1991, one year after the Baltic States regained their independence, Hudson Institute hosted the prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania at its Conference on the Baltics—the first ever such event outside the Baltic region. The United States has since developed a special relationship with each country, marked by their accession to NATO and the EU in 2004. Together, these countries constitute the easternmost members of both the EU and NATO.

Now, after years of calm, the security and political situation in Europe is again at a crossroads. The Russian intervention in Ukraine and the political crises of the EU pose increasing challenges to Europe. A quarter century after the Conference on the Baltic States, Hudson Institute was honored to host the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to discuss the view from Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius—and the opportunities and challenges confronting each.

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