The Forum will address the prospects for collective defence, the challenges facing the transatlantic security community and the geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe.
“In an ever-changing security landscape marked by geopolitical volatility, the issues surrounding national and international defence have reached unprecedented levels of significance. Recent conflicts involving Russia and Ukraine not only pose threats to Eastern Europe but also carry broad implications for European security, NATO’s pivotal role, and the stability of NATO’s eastern flank,” organisers said in a press release.
The event will be attended by Lieutenant General (ret) Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of US Army Europe (2014-2017), James Townsend, senior fellow for Transatlantic Security Program at Center for a New American Security, Marshall Billingslea, former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the US Department of the Treasury and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, Brigadier General (ret.) Rainer Meyer zum Felde from Institute for Security Police at the University of Kiel, and others.
The Vilnius Security Forum is organised by the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence in cooperation with the National Defence Foundation.