{"id":56310,"date":"2026-05-22T13:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=56310"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:19:39","slug":"i-dr-elena-lazarou-sto-lennart-meri-conference-2026","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/activity\/dr-elena-lazarou-at-the-lennart-meri-conference-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Elena Lazarou at the Lennart Meri Conference 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>The Lennart Meri Conference 2026, which is held annually by the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS), brought together global leaders, diplomats, defence experts and analysts to Tallinn, Estonia, from 15-17 May to debate Europe\u2019s security, Ukraine\u2019s future and the next chapter of transatlantic co-operation.<\/p>\n<p>Last day\u2019s discussions included nuclear deterrence, democratic resilience, information warfare and Europe\u2019s grand strategy. One of the closing highlights was a fireside chat with Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative\/Vice-President, in conversation with Edward Luce, US National Editor and columnist at the Financial Times, followed by a final panel on \u201cThe Master Plan: Europe\u2019s Grand Strategy\u201d.\u00a0Dr. <strong>Elena Lazarou<\/strong>, Director General of ELIAMEP, participated in this closing panel discussion.\u00a0In her intervention, ELIAMEP\u2019s Director General stressed the need to bridge the gap between the diverging threat perceptions in Europe\u2019s East and South as well as the imperative to work with like-minded partners.\u00a0The video of the discussion is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_JaTTr4gNDY&amp;t=36s\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":56311,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[20],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/56310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=56310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}