A Pedigree of Repression: Putin’s New Chief-of-Staff
byVladimir Putin has tapped deep into a line of dependable Soviet era nomenklatura, reaching back to the time of Stalin, to appoint his latest…
Analysis
The Problem With Finland
byI will start by stating the obvious: There have been several episodes and instances in the information domain in and around Finland that are simply…
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…
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…
Sofi Oksanen: What It’s Like to Write about Russia
byIn 2003 I published my first novel in Finland, Stalin’s Cows, which dealt with the recent history of Estonia. I was confronted by journalists…
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…