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…
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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…
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…
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…
How to Fill Very Big Shoes: Estonia’s Choice for a New President
byVery soon Estonia — or its representatives — will be electing a new president, to succeed Toomas Hendrik Ilves, whose second and final term…
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…