To commemorate 25 years of Baltic independence, The Jamestown Foundation organized a conference, on April 30, entitled, “Baltic Defense & Security After Ukraine: New Challenges, New Threats.” The event was the first of its kind to be organized in the nation’s capital dedicated solely to defense and security issues pertaining to this strategically important region. Speakers consisted of some of the leading authorities on defense and security in the United States and the Baltic region: including Michael Carpenter, Special Advisor for Europe and Eurasia in the Office of the Vice President of the United States, former US Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker, Jamestown Senior Fellow Vladimir Socor, long-time Russia and Eurasia expert Paul Goble, Latvian military scholar Janis Berzins, Russian military expert Stephen Blank, and several leading defense experts from the Baltic states. Issues discussed included: Russian threats to Baltic security and independence, Russia’s hybrid threat to the Letgale region and Narva, as well as the military threat posed by Russian Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad to NATO member states Lithuania, Poland and Germany.