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KAJ performing Bara Bada Bastu for Sweden at the First Semi-Final in St. Jakobshalle
What We're Watching

At Eurovision 2025: Glitter, geopolitics, and a sauna diss track

Europe’s glitter-soaked, pyrotechnic-powered, music competition fever dream – otherwise known as the Eurovision Song Contest – takes place Saturday in Basel, Switzerland at 9pm CEST (3pm ET). It’s part talent show, part geopolitical popularity contest, and fully unhinged fun.

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) at the Tapa Military Base, in Tallinn, Estonia March 1, 2022.
What We're Watching

Kyiv gets a strong ally in Brussels

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas resigned on Monday and is set to become the EU’s top diplomat.

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders votes during an EU election in The Hague, Netherlands June 6, 2024.
What We're Watching

Europe votes with the far-right on the rise

The Netherlands and Estonia kicked off the European Parliament elections on Thursday, with the rest of the bloc’s 27 member states set to vote on the composition of its ruling body by Sunday.

Protect free media in democracies, urges Estonia's former president Kersti Kaljulaid
Digital Governance

Protect free media in democracies, urges Estonia's former president Kersti Kaljulaid

In recent years, numerous reports and studies have emerged warning that democracies around the world are backsliding and autocracy is on the rise. A free media could be the key to reversing this trend, according to former Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid.

Model of natural gas pipeline and Finland flag, July 18, 2022.
Europe

Another Baltic pipeline whodunnit!

NATO on Wednesday pledged a “determined” response if recent damage to a critical pipeline linking two of its members is found to have been deliberate.

Divergent cyberattack responses: Estonia & India
Science & Tech

Divergent cyberattack responses: Estonia & India

During a recent GZERO livestream event presented by Visa, Priya Vora, CEO of Digital Impact Alliance, shed light on a critical aspect of digitization that often goes beyond the realm of cybersecurity: trust-building between governments and citizens. Priya recounted an intriguing comparison between Estonia and India in 2018, both of which experienced reported attacks on major government databases—the X-Road system in Estonia and the Aadhaar identity system in India.

Estonia's digital revolution: a global model of efficiency
Science & Tech

Estonia's digital revolution: a global model of efficiency

Carmen Raal, a digital transformation advisor and expert from e-Estonia, shared some remarkable insights into the nation's digital transformation. Estonia, often hailed as a digital pioneer, has undergone a profound digitalization process that sets it apart on the global stage. Carmen explained that 99.99% of Estonia’s public services are accessible online, which includes a strong collaboration between the nations’ public and private sectors.

What Ukraine's digital revolution teaches the world
Past Events

What Ukraine's digital revolution teaches the world

The threat of the Russian bear has been putting its neighbors on edge for years, and while plenty has been spent on beefing up their militaries, there’s now a whole other line of defense: digitization. Kyiv has harnessed its digital technology to provide government services to a whopping 19 million Ukrainians, despite daily bombings and devastation.

NATO unity & how to end war in Ukraine
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

NATO unity & how to end war in Ukraine

After one year of war in Ukraine, Zelensky's military has performed far better against Russia than even some of its staunchest supporters expected, and Putin's illegal invasion of a sovereign neighbor has rallied the West to Kyiv's cause. Ian Bremmer is in Germany for the annual Munich Security Conference to ask world leaders how much further the West is willing to go in its support for Ukraine. Ian speaks with Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, who has been called Europe’s new Iron Lady, and NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, who offers a candid assessment of a war that has no clear end in sight.

President Volodomyr Zelensky at his desk - GZERO World with Ian Bremmer - the podcast (logo)
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Ukraine’s strength, Russia’s stubbornness - and the uncertainty of war to come

Listen: On the GZERO World podcast, Ian speaks to NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană and Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas about the lessons learned during year one of the Russia Ukraine war…and what might happen next.