Digital warfare, in the Clausewitz definition as 'the continuation of policy by other means,' reached Western public consciousness via my own country,… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Consciousness Copy Share Image
When Estonia reestablished its sovereignty after a half century of successive thuggish, totalitarian, foreign occupations by the Soviets, the Nazis, and then… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Country Copy Share Image
Social media has become a primary factor in political campaigns. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Media Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid of code. I mean, I understand how these things work. I thought that that was the one area where… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Level playing field Copy Share Image
People have actually figured out that Estonia is one of the few post-Communist countries that has a genuine image in people's minds… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Being Copy Share Image
The domestic policy of any president, U.S. or otherwise, is his or her own concern, as long as democratic norms are followed. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Long Copy Share Image
As for the European far left, it has very little to do with Marxism-Leninism these days. It has more to do with… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Anti semitism Copy Share Image
Liberal democracies do not and often cannot respond in kind to cyberattacks on their own way of governance. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Governance Copy Share Image
Big data knows and can deduce more about you than Big Brother ever could. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Big Copy Share Image
Russia has had very aggressive military exercises. They've practiced mock nuclear attacks on Warsaw. Russian bombers practiced attacking strategic military targets in… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Aggression Copy Share Image
I realised that if we were not in the E.U., there were people in the E.U. who were also members of NATO… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves NATO Copy Share Image
The minute a collective alliance fails to live up to its agreement to collective defence, then from that moment on, everybody is… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Alliance Copy Share Image
I remember starting to read about the Soviet Union when I was eight years old; I think I was reading my father's… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Father Copy Share Image
Fake news is cheap to produce. Genuine journalism is expensive. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Cheap Copy Share Image
The Russian Federation's practice of instant citizenship, whereby Russian passports are distributed willy-nilly to ethnic Russians abroad so they can be 'protected'… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Aggression Copy Share Image
In Russia, tweeting or sharing real news that's embarrassing to the regime can land you in prison. Imagine, then, the response of… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Fake news Copy Share Image
It's much cheaper to influence elections than it is to go to war. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Cheaper Copy Share Image
I knew who Bruce Springsteen was before he had his first record. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Bruce springsteen Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union collapsed without a lot of people thinking it should or would, whereas for Estonia, it was something we'd been… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves People Copy Share Image
In cyberwarfare, it is much harder to identify the attacker and, therefore, to know how to retaliate. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Harder Copy Share Image
George Bush and I share a love of steel brush cutters. It turns out we use the same professional brush cutter. He… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Love Copy Share Image
People who come out of the liberal arts don't have an understanding of science and technology, and the people in science and… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Art Copy Share Image
If Estonia or any member-state was invaded and Article V was not invoked, NATO will fall apart. If it fails once, the… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Alliances Copy Share Image
Everything can be known and, in some cases, everything is known. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Cases Copy Share Image
The thing people forget is that the entire world - or, at least, Europe, U.S., transatlantic, Russia, Soviet Union - that security… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Architecture Copy Share Image
