Warsaw Summit: good but not yet enough
byWarsaw was the best NATO summit since the end of the Cold War. Serious people made serious decisions about serious problems. Taboos tumbled. Russia…
Analysis
Russia’s Possible Reaction to NATO’s Deployment of Defensive Forces in the Eastern Flank
byRussia’s sudden, brutal and illegal military actions against Ukraine since 2014 prompted NATO to take counter-measures that it did not contemplate undertaking – at…
Kremlin Propaganda Exploiting Five American Vulnerabilities: Kirillova
byOne of the most damning indications of this was the discovery by historian and diplomat Romuald Misiunas in the library of KGB materials…
Brexit Puts NATO at Risk Too, Putin Ally Says
byMany in both Moscow and the West believe, happily or unhappily, that Britain’s vote to leave the EU will spark similar referenda in other…
The Russian Cyber Threat: Views from Estonia
byTensions between Russia and its adversaries in the West are escalating. In recent years, Russia has undermined the security of its neighbors by violating…
Putin: A 21st Century Hitler?
byThe similarities between Hitler’s Germany and Putin’s Russia are striking – and thoroughly disturbing. Will an increasingly stressed Putin push his country towards war,…
Moscow Creating Military Units It Would Need to Invade Baltic Countries, Shtepa Says
byIt is always risky to derive intentions from capacities, but Moscow’s moves to create new military units opposite the Baltic states suggests that the…
NATO’s Eastern Exposure
byEvery year, Estonia holds special military exercises called Spring Storm. The exercises are for those conscript soldiers who have just completed their term of service….
Closing The Baltic Gap
byAs NATO’s Warsaw summit in July looms, closing the “Baltic gap” will be its most pressing task. A new report by the Tallinn-based International…
Victory Cult Intended to Keep Russian Federation’s Non-Russians within an Empire and Former Soviet Republics Together: Ukrainian Commentator
byMany Russian commentators have pointed out that the way in which Vladimir Putin is exploiting Victory Day is about the legitimation of the Soviet…