Challenges in exploring the Arctic: historical maritime exploration and current realities
byEarly 19th Century Russian Exploration In the year 1800, Europe had been drawn into the Napoleonic wars, and Russia’s Czar Paul I still had…
Estonia
Tallinn Calling: Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union
byA lecture by Marcus Kolga for the Estonian Diaspora Museum VEMU on Jazz, Punk, Rock & Roll and Youth Culture in the Soviet Union.
Estonian-US Relations After Joe Biden’s Victory
byThe most important strategic goal of Estonian foreign and security policy is to maintain and strengthen the allied space of democratic countries, at the…
The Tale of Two Estonias
byAfter years spent struggling to escape the stigma attached to being a former hostage of the Soviet State, Estonia has rightfully earned its status…
Indifference is a green light for hatred and violence
byAddress by Sofi Oksanen at the 2020 Helsinki Ethics Conference On a recent visit to Norway, I visited the Narvik War Museum. At the…
Putin’s Plan Is A Threat To The Baltic States
byRussian President, Vladimir Putin has torn away any remaining secrecy about his old plans to reconfigure zones of geopolitical influence in such a way…
Terror, Pain and Impunity: The Legacy of Nazi and Soviet Occupation of The Baltic States
byAn interview with The Jews in Latvia Museum Director, Ilja Lenskis Eighty years ago this month, as the world’s attention was focused on Nazi…
Interactive GULAG Timeline
by Design and Audio: Marcus Kolga for Liefa Communications.
Evgeniya Chirikova: The real cost of Russian gas
byFew in the West think about the ethics of buying hydrocarbons from Putin’s Russia and the real price of such a deal. Let’s look…
The New Far-Right is Sinking Estonia’s International Reputation: Who is Responsible?
byOver the past months, newspapers around the world have been filled with headlines that have negatively reflected a growing stream of problematic statements and…