Vladimir Putin’s Selective Use of History
byUsing history is merely a tactic for the Kremlin. The West often regards Russian President Vladimir Putin as a history-conscious leader. The reasoning for…
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Moscow Outlet Describes How Russia Should Break Up Each of the Baltic Countries
byArguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the Russian propaganda site, SputnikPogrom, outlines how…
Where Are The Solutions to Wars, Terrorism and The Refugee Crisis In A Post-EU World?
byEveryday media seems to believe without a doubt that the European Union is on the verge of disintegration. The light manner, with which it…
Battle of Narratives: Russia’s War on History
byWe need to reset relations with Russia on the Kremlin’s terms. That, stripped of its decorative elements, is the argument made by my old…
Canadian Reassurance in Latvia: An Interview With Jānis Garisons
byMarcus Kolga’s interview with Latvian State Secretary for Defence, Jānis Garisons, about the security environment in the Baltic Sea region and the Canadian led…
Pobeda 1946 aka The Dream Car: A Novel Of Startling Beauty
byAs news of travel bans dominate our media and new walls are being built, it’s good to recall the travel bans in Eastern Europe…
Anti-Semitism on the Rise in Russia
byGiven the rise in xenophobia in Russian society following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his increasingly repressive authoritarianism at home, many have pointed…
Russian Political Interference: The Finnish Case
byBy Pekka Virkki & Antti Hämäläinen Strong evidence concerning Russian interference in the United States presidential election has recently been made public. This is nothing new,…
Fake news, free speech and lies
byThere has been so much talk about “fake news” and information warfare lately that both terms are becoming over inflated, used so liberally that…
Russian Subversion of Western Democracies is Old News
byThe media hullabaloo notwithstanding, the alleged “revelations” about the Russian hacking of the US presidential election have revealed precious little that is substantively new….