Gays Being Attacked and Killed Across Russia, Not Just in Chechnya, New Study Shows
byLast spring, many in Russia and abroad focused on the mistreatment and even murder of LGBTs in Chechnya, a development that called attention to…
Analysis
“For Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Should Not Exist” Says Russian Expert on Baltic Region
byNikolay Mezhevich, a St. Petersburg professor who heads the Russian Association of Baltic Research, says that “for Russia the [three Baltic] countries should not…
Helmets for Peace!
byDuring crises it’s essential that we look each other in the eye. To see and recognize ourselves as the humans we are and not…
Are “Home Russians” Making A Return in Finland?
byThe next Russian ambassador to Finland, Pavel Kuznetsov, differs strongly from the long-serving, doctor of physics Alexander Rumyanstev, who has served as Russian ambassador…
Kremlin Identifies Former Estonian KGB Henchman, Charged With Genocide As “Soviet Hero”
byThe Russian Ministry of Foreign affairs tweeted an infographic Wednesday, identifying a former Estonian KGB henchman, Arnold Meri, as a hero of the “Soviet…
Lustration, Finnish Security & The Pitfalls of Foreign Policy Analysis
byBy Pekka Virkki and Jukka Mallinen The public debate on foreign and security policy in Finland has often been characterized as vague, cautious, repetitive,…
Americans in The Baltics: Two Centuries of Diplomacy, Intrigue and Friendship Part II
byThe second part of a two part series looking at the history of US-Baltic diplomatic relations over two centuries. The first part is available…
Americans in The Baltics: Two Centuries of Diplomacy, Intrigue and Friendship Part I
byThe first part of a two part series looking at the history of US-Baltic diplomatic relations over two centuries. Part two is available here….
Izborsky Club Calls for New Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to Re-Divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin
byThe Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin of Vladimir Putin, is now calling…
“Fortuna” & The Finnish Style of Active Measures
byIn countering Russian non-linear wafare and so-called “hybrid operations”, the identification and publication of Kremlin-linked networks of influence is an essential act for every…