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News

Narva Should Be Next – For a Visit.

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Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, News, Russia, Ukraine, Viewpoint

Kremlin Information Warfare Lands in a Canadian Municipal Park

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Analysis, Estonia, Feature, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Victory Against Russia Will Save Us From WWIII

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Estonia, Finland, Russia

Russia’s War against Ukraine and Its Hybrid War Against Estonia

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News

Narva Should Be Next – For a Visit.

by Mel Huang

In this era of global tension with Russia, inevitably attention returns to Narva. “Is Narva next,” a popular question raised throughout the past two…

Belarus, News

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: There Is No Safe Exile

by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, News, Russia, Ukraine, Viewpoint

Kremlin Information Warfare Lands in a Canadian Municipal Park

by Marcus Kolga

News, Russia December 30, 2025

The Trump Doctrine and the Dawn of a New Authoritarian Order

by Marcus Kolga

Russia September 24, 2025

The War On Satire: America’s Kukly Moment

by Marcus Kolga

News, Norway July 21, 2025

From Hygge to High Alert: Norway’s Turn to Hard Security

by Mart Kuldkepp

Featured

Ukraine’s Victory Against Russia Will Save Us From WWIII

by Marko Mihkelson

Both outgoing President Biden and the newly inaugurated President Trump have been consistent in their statements: the USA does not want World War III….

Finland’s Karelia: Living Geopolitics on an Edge

by Alexander Dalziel

A Dose of Communicative Multilateralism: Getting the WHO and Member States to speak the same language amidst the Coronavirus crisis

by Editor

Live stream of Nazi-Soviet Pact 80 Conference with Garry Kasparov September 12

by Editor

Trust and communication. Baltic and Nordic values.

by Valdar Liive

ICYMI

Belarus, News

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: There Is No Safe Exile

by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Text of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s keynote address delivered at April 1, 2026, “Defending Democracy’s Frontline Defenders” event at thte Embassy of Canada in Berlin. We…

News, Russia

The Trump Doctrine and the Dawn of a New Authoritarian Order

Russia

The War On Satire: America’s Kukly Moment

Estonia, History, News, Russia

How The Estonian Student Resistance Built an Estonian NATO Base in 1982

Estonia, History, Russia

Challenges in exploring the Arctic: historical maritime exploration and current realities

Culture, Estonia, Latvia, Music, News, Russia

Tallinn Calling: Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union

Analysis, Book Review

Transfer of technology with China: International security experts are sounding the alarm

Analysis, Estonia, Foreign Affairs, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia

Estonian-US Relations After Joe Biden’s Victory

Analysis, Book Review, Culture, Finland, Literary, Russia

Jukka Mallinen: A Finnish Dissident

Analysis, Belarus

Maidan pa-Belarusku: Minsk’s next steps

Analysis, Belarus, History, Lithuania, Poland

The Giedroyc Doctrine and National Reconciliation

Estonia, History, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia

Interactive GULAG Timeline

Arctic, News, Russia

Russia releases massive official plans for the Northern Sea Route

Belarusian former diplomat and oppostiion leader.

Analysis, Belarus

Belarusians Still Denied Freedom 80 Years After Molotov-Ribbentrop

Analysis, History

Toronto Black Ribbon Day Conference Video with Chrystia Freeland, Bob Rae and Garry Kasparov Pt1.

Culture

Film, Music, Design and Fashion

Tallinn Calling: Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union

by Marcus Kolga

A lecture by Marcus Kolga for the Estonian Diaspora Museum VEMU on Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union.

Transfer of technology with China: International security experts are sounding the alarm

by Nathalie Vogel

Jukka Mallinen: A Finnish Dissident

by Jukka Mallinen

Sofi Oksanen

Indifference is a green light for hatred and violence

by Sofi Oksanen

Wolfredt & Seksound: The Captains of Baltic Indie

by Marcus Kolga