On 27 June, to mark the 20th anniversary of CSDP missions and operations, the Institute held its annual conference in Brussels to discuss the future of EU security and defence.
The CFI project organised a partners’ panel at the State of the Union conference hosted by the European University Institute in Florence. The event represented an opportunity to discuss how foreign information manipulation and interference impacts the European Union and its Member States.
The Institute was involved in the first Schuman Security and Defence Forum, a high-level event aiming to facilitate dialogue and strategic reflection on international security and defence between the EU, its Member States and their partners.
Dr Gustav Lindstrom moderated a panel on the EU Strategic Compass at the inter-parliamentary conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy.
On 6 December, Jan Joel Andersson and Stanislav Secrieru contributed to a conference dedicated to the state of EU-Ukraine security cooperation, held at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU.
Yana Popkostova was invited to the Greater European Conference 2022 organised by the Institute for a Greater Europe to discuss sustainability and climate change.
On 8 November, Jan Joel Andersson spoke at the seventh annual Stockholm Security Conference which was dedicated to “Trends of Conflict and Warfare in the 21st Century: Effects and Impact of the War in Ukraine”.