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…
History
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…
The Giedroyc Doctrine and National Reconciliation
byIn June 2020, on the 79th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s invasion by Nazi German invasion, Russian state media published a flurry of programming…
Terror, Pain and Impunity: The Legacy of Nazi and Soviet Occupation of The Baltic States
byAn interview with The Jews in Latvia Museum Director, Ilja Lenskis Eighty years ago this month, as the world’s attention was focused on Nazi…
Interactive GULAG Timeline
by Design and Audio: Marcus Kolga for Liefa Communications.
Toronto Black Ribbon Day Conference Video with Chrystia Freeland, Bob Rae and Garry Kasparov Pt1.
byRussian pro-democracy opposition leader, human rights activist and chess grandmaster, Garry Kasparov is joined by Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Hon. Bob Rae…
Garry Kasparov Keynote Address, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 80th Anniversary
byKeynote addressed delivered by Garry Kasparov on September 12, 2019, in Toronto at the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 80th Anniversary (“The Black Ribbon Day Conference”) at…