Why Is Estonia Falling Behind on Magnitsky Implementation?
byLast week, Lithuania added 49 names to its Magnitsky list and the Latvian parliament is currently considering a resolution to adopt its own Magnitsky…
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Confronting disinfo on TV in Tallinn
bySince 2011, Tallinn’s municipal government, which is governed by the Estonian Center Party (ECP), has been paying about €550,000 a year to First Baltic…
Estonia’s Kremlin Friendly Voices in Russian State Media
byAn Estonian website has published a list of Estonians who frequently comment on EU-Russian and Estonian affairs in Russian state media. The website, propatstop.ee,…
Helmets for Peace!
byDuring crises it’s essential that we look each other in the eye. To see and recognize ourselves as the humans we are and not…
Kremlin Identifies Former Estonian KGB Henchman, Charged With Genocide As “Soviet Hero”
byThe Russian Ministry of Foreign affairs tweeted an infographic Wednesday, identifying a former Estonian KGB henchman, Arnold Meri, as a hero of the “Soviet…
Baltic Security: An Interivew with Latvian General Raimonds Graube (ret)
byRetired Latvian Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Raimons Graube talks about the current Baltic Sea security environment and the importance of NATO and Canada’s…
Americans in The Baltics: Two Centuries of Diplomacy, Intrigue and Friendship Part II
byThe second part of a two part series looking at the history of US-Baltic diplomatic relations over two centuries. The first part is available…
Americans in The Baltics: Two Centuries of Diplomacy, Intrigue and Friendship Part I
byThe first part of a two part series looking at the history of US-Baltic diplomatic relations over two centuries. Part two is available here….
The Task of Securing Freedom in The Baltics Is Not Over: Ambassador Daniel Fried
byKeynote remarks given by Ambassador Dan Fried at the May 2017 JBANC conference in Washington DC. I first met with JBANC in 1993, introduced…