Annual Baltic Conference on Defence 2025

23-24 September 2025 · Tallinn

Enemy at the Gates: Turning Europe into a Fortress

The Annual Baltic Conference on Defence (ABCD) 2025 titled “Enemy at the Gates: Turning Europe into a Fortress” focused on shoring up Europe’s defences, whilst adapting to the realities of the security environment. The decisions taken at NATO Hague Summit reflected Europe’s readiness to take more responsibility for its security, with more countries levelling up to the ‘5% club’. The discussions focused on additional measures NATO Allies and the EU Member States must implement post-Hague to enhance Europe’s military readiness and NATO’s collective defence, prospects for an effective European cooperation to fill military capability gaps, financing of our common defence efforts, the role of innovative and asymmetric technologies on the modern battlefield.