Stakes are high for small states like Estonia and Singapore, which must raise their voices to protect principles, she said.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said the current world order is under threat by Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine that’s now into its 27th month.
“What is important to understand is that there are different tensions building up all across the world,” she said at a media roundtable on May 17 on the sidelines of the Lennart Meri security conference. The stakes are high for small states such as Estonia and Singapore, which must raise their voices to protect principles and stand up for a rules-based order that is fraying amid a great power battle for influence among countries in the so-called Global South, said Ms Kallas.
She conceded it would be naive, though, to expect countries to hold equal positions: “We all come from our history – we all come from our geography. We can’t really fight that.” The private sector is also stepping up and Estonia, with its rich start-up culture – which has spawned companies such as Skype – turning its attention to defence technology, such as cyber security and autonomous weapons.At the same time, Estonia has its eye on the different tensions building up across the world.
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine into the third year, the international community is growing weary of its support for Ukraine.
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