Annual Baltic Conference on Defence 2012

19-20 September 2012 · Tallinn

European Security and Defence at a Strategic Crossroads

ABCD 2012 examined the implications of these changes for Europe’s security and defence policies. We surveyed the past decade of wars and considered its lessons, and the way it has shaped our armed forces and international organisations, as well as our appetite for intervention. We also considered Europe’s role in security and defence in the coming decade, its options to continue providing security, the possibility of retrenchment, and the impact of these factors on transatlantic relations. Finally, we examined the problems that remain in our own ‘backyard’, which have perhaps been neglected during the past ten years.