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…
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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….
I Apologize That We Were Right About Swedish Foreign Policy
byWhat a year! There is still time for more misery to befall the world before the history books are closed by the New Year….
Women At the Mercy of War and Confined By The Words Of Men
byImbi Paju is an Estonian author, historian and filmmaker whose work examines the traumas of totalitarianism. Her book and film “Sisters Across The Gulf…
Sweden’s Exposure to Russian Advances in Gotland
byRussia’s increasing boldness in Swedish waters and NATO’s growing activity in the Baltic Sea Region again underscore the strategic importance of Gotland, says former…
Edward Lucas: Ilves Put Estonia On The Map
byPresident Ilves Toomas Hendrik Ilves has put Estonia on the map. For a country the size of Estonia, with a population of just over…
Meeting the new security threats to Canada’s allies in Europe
byLive stream here and at The MacDonald Laurier Institute starting 10am EST. The Macdonald-Laurier Institute invites you to attend a discussion on how best…
Kitchen tables, change and space monkeys
byThe contemporary sculpture and installation festival Sculpture Quadrennial Riga „Conservatism and Liberalism” will run from September 10th to October 28th. The festival will discover…
The 2016 Election Is a Referendum on U.S. Policy on Russia
byThe 2016 election in the United States has challenged traditional party views on foreign policy. Populist isolationism is on the rise in the fringes…
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…