Finland’s Karelia: Living Geopolitics on an Edge
byLittle known to those outside of Finland, Finnish Karelia is a land of lakes and deep forests and the home of a culture that…
Analysis
Edward Lucas: Putin’s Belligerence Is Rooted in Russia’s Imperial Past
byAfter giving a keynote speech at the “Necropolis of Communist Terror” international conference, held jointly by the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory and Memorial…
Putin’s War Against Women
byMikhail Romanov is a father, husband, and a 31-year-old Russian Army soldier. This Spring he broke into a residential house near Kyiv, killed the…
How The Estonian Student Resistance Built an Estonian NATO Base in 1982
byEstonia’s student resistance movement built a British NATO base in Estonia in 1982. And, of course, they wrote a song about it. This week,…
Challenges in exploring the Arctic: historical maritime exploration and current realities
byEarly 19th Century Russian Exploration In the year 1800, Europe had been drawn into the Napoleonic wars, and Russia’s Czar Paul I still had…
Transfer of technology with China: International security experts are sounding the alarm
byWith China’s Quest for Foreign Technology, Beyond Espionage, a group of sixteen experts on China deliver a comprehensive study of the security challenges ahead,…
Estonian-US Relations After Joe Biden’s Victory
byThe most important strategic goal of Estonian foreign and security policy is to maintain and strengthen the allied space of democratic countries, at the…
The Tale of Two Estonias
byAfter years spent struggling to escape the stigma attached to being a former hostage of the Soviet State, Estonia has rightfully earned its status…
Jukka Mallinen: A Finnish Dissident
byJuuso Salokorpi (editor): The Arithmetic of the Greatness of Ilmari Susiluoto Helsinki. 2020. 413 pages. The twists and turns in the career of Russian…
Indifference is a green light for hatred and violence
byAddress by Sofi Oksanen at the 2020 Helsinki Ethics Conference On a recent visit to Norway, I visited the Narvik War Museum. At the…