The End of the West As We Know It?
I am happy yet somewhat wistful addressing I guess for the tenth and last time the Lennart Meri Conference. I am hardly presumptuous enough to echo Dean Acheson in claiming I was “Present at the Creation”, but I certainly feel like a midwife to this annual event—one of the more successful non-digital developments in this country of the past decade. When I look back on the past ten years, however, I must confess I am less optimistic than at any time in recent memory.When Kadri Liik first organized this conference in 2007, it was a genuine breath of fresh air …read more
Source: The American Interest
