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May 2025
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Canceled | A Fireside Chat with Lithuania’s Minister of National Defense
Canceled | A Fireside Chat with Lithuania’s Minister of National Defense
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Hudson Institute
May 12, 2025
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Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene in Warsaw, Poland, on March 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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May 2025
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Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė will join Hudson Senior Fellow Marshall Billingslea for a discussion on the foreign policy and security issues her country faces. Šakalienė will share her perspective on Lithuania’s achievement of exceeding its defense spending target, the state of Russia’s war against Ukraine, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s upcoming summit.
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