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On May 10, please join USIP for an exclusive conversation with H.E. Kersti Kaljulaid on the current state of European security and the future of multilateral cooperation since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Following a keynote address by President Kaljulaid, former National Security Advisor and USIP Board Chair Stephen J. Hadley will join.
2021 has reached an end, so perhaps it is time for reflection on a year in Estonia which has seen changes in national and local government, not to mention a new head of state. The highs of sporting success in the olympics, in tennis, swimming and athletics, all vied for our attention, as did the highs, but not in a good way, of soaring energy prices near year-end, and spikes in coronavirus rates in spring and autumn.
Kersti Kaljulaid is set to hold her final speech as the president of Estonia on Monday, handing the position over to Alar Karis. What did Kaljulaid's predecessors Lennart Meri, Arnold Rüütel and Toomas Hendrik Ilves say in their final speeches?
Alar Karis, elected new head of state in August, will take office next Monday, October 11. The inauguration ceremony and handover from Kersti Kaljulaid on Toompea lasts a little over an hour, during which the honorary company of the guard battalion will be inspected twice, by both outgoing and incoming presidents.