The Head of International relations at the Hybrid CoE, Tapio Pyysalo talks about the scope of their work, the vulnerabilities of the Western Balkan countries connected with inter-ethnic tensions, the whole-of-society approach that the governments should take and the importance of the cooperation between all EU and NATO members in tackling the challenges ahead. According to their analysis, what Russia really wants is to maintain its sphere of influence in the Western Balkans region and the EU integration of the countries in the Western Balkans would undermine that overall Russian objective.

00:27 - How does Finland do it?
06:13 - Utilization of gen AI
07:22 - What kind of threats are we talking about?
10:14 - Macedonian examples
13:31 - What is the government doing about it
16:02 - Civil society seems to be most active
18:36 - Targeting inter-ethnic relations