in may 2017 he attended a panel debate about the counter-terrorism strategy of the nato civilian intelligence committee in the croatian town of opatija, where he also met with croatian president kolinda grabar-kitarović. in december 2017, he spoke at the prague insecurity conference, saying that "hybrid threats" from russia and terrorist groups were increasing. he argued that russia was attempting to regain some of its waning influence in europe using "hybrid tactics" which included the influencing of elections, cyberattacks and dissemination of fake news propaganda.