Russia provoking ethnic tensions in Baltics
byRussia’s Foreign Ministry special representative for human rights, democracy and the rule-of-law, Konstantin Dolgov, has told a regional conference of the Russian Compatriots in…
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Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers demand release of Eston Kohver from Russia
byNordic and Baltic Foreign Ministers met in Tallinn on Friday where they issued a stern statement demanding the release of Estonian officer Eston Kohver…
Boxing Obama
byUS President Barack Obama’s visit to Estonia on September 3 answered a lot of questions – but it left one unanswered. Would Obama actually…
NATO must react to Russian incursions in Estonia
byIf reports emerging out of Russia and Estonia are correct, the Russian Federation has now violated EU borders and those of a NATO partner,…
Edward Lucas: The West must improve its resilience and solidarity in the face of Russian pressure
byWritten testimony to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, September 3rd, 2014 I have been dealing with European security for more than thirty…
Midnight In The New Century: 76 Years After The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
byToday marks the seventy-sixth anniversary of the Hitler-Stalin pact that triggered the Second World War and thrust Europe into an orgy of unspeakable violence,…
Obama To Meet With Estonian President Ilves and Baltic Leaders in September
byUnited States President Barack Obama will visit Estonia in early September to “further enhance the strong relations between the two countries, and to affirm…
Sofi Oksanen: Knowledge is a cheap and universal weapon
byBelow is the text of Sofi Oksanen’s remarks at the International Conference on “The Legacy of Totalitarianism Today” in the Parliament of The Czech…
Security in Northern Europe after the collapse of the Helsinki Final Act
byEurope should realize that once the rules of the Helsinki accords no longer hold in relation with just one signatory, the situation has changed…