Without industry, we will not get rich
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Editor-in-Chief of Riigikogu Toimetised
Times are changing and our industry is facing many challenges. Ahti Asmann, the Chairman of the Board of the Estonian Chemical Industry Association, writes about them in his essay.
Our industry is going through complicated times. It can also be seen from the analysis by Raul Eamets (which is titled “Complicated times in the Estonian industrial sector”) and the survey of Statistics Estonia by Jane Leppmets, which shows that last year Estonia’s exports per capita were below the EU average – this reflects the difficulties of our industry.
Ivo Suursoo, Chairman of the Board of IXIO Grupp and Best Leader 2024, and Keiu Telve, Research Fellow at the University of Tartu, discuss possible solutions. Toomas Randlo from the Baltic Mediamonitoring Group (BMMG) gives an overview of how the situation of Estonian industry is covered in the media.
In the Focus section, you can also read about the activities of the Estonian Defence and Aerospace Industry Association.
The Studies section offers a selection of topical studies from the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences. Indrek Paadik discusses the awareness and preparedness of the people of Estonia in coping with internal security crises. Sander Promm has studied the hybrid security threats posed by the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Estonia. And Hans Moks gives us an overview of the sense of security of the people of Estonia and their contribution to internal security volunteering.
Jaanika Puusalu presents a comprehensive analysis of the digitally empowered state and introduces three theoretical concepts to explain the nature of the modern state.
Chief Specialist of the Department of Sanctions and Strategic Export Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andres Siplane writes about the sanctions against the Russian Federation, and replies to the question whether these sanctions have an impact or not.
In Varia section of Riigikogu Toimetised, the reader will find an article by analyst Raivo Vare that discusses the changes the world economy is currently going through and how we have to adapt to them.
The data of Statistics Estonia show us how we are faring in terms of wage equality, and warns us that 84,000 people in Estonia feel deprived. We will find out what this means.
Media Competence Specialist of the National Library of Estonia Kateryna Botnar opens the topic of elections and misinformation. Nowadays, artificial intelligence makes it possible to produce all kinds of false content, like videos where people say things they have never said. Kristiina Kaju, who also works at the National Library of Estonia, recommends for inspiration books about smart industry and smart production.
Energy specialist Andres Noodla examines the future of energy production and its dependence on subsidies. As always, Riigikogu Toimetised also gives the reader an overview of international parliamentary news.
I wish you happy reading!