On Friday, October 20, Anna Wieslander, director for Northern Europe, attended the Riga Conference, organized by the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation in Riga. She participated in the Panel “Madrid, Vilnius, Washington – Milestones for NATO’s generational Change” together with David Cattler, NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence and Security, Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director, European Council on Foreign Relations (online), Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of German Parliament, Committee of Foreign Affairs, former General Staff Officer of the Bundeswehr and H.E. Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia 2012-2022. The panel was moderated by Julian Lindley-French, Chair & Founder of TAG – Geopolitics, Strategy and Innovation; Chairman of The Alphen Group.
The panel starts at 6:42:17
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