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A self-declared candidate for the upcoming Estonian Presidential election, Tarmo Soomere, has suggested that Estonia’s security chief should call his Russian colleague on an…
Juuso Salokorpi (editor): The Arithmetic of the Greatness of Ilmari Susiluoto Helsinki. 2020. 413 pages. The twists and turns in the career of Russian…
Address by Sofi Oksanen at the 2020 Helsinki Ethics Conference On a recent visit to Norway, I visited the Narvik War Museum. At the…
The Chairman of the Finnish Foreign Affairs Committee, Finns Party MP Mika Niikko will remain as chair after the committee reconvened after a…
Few 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…
For roughly as long as there have been democratic elections, there has been the threat and practice of foreign interference. Certainly, new developments have…
“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.” – Ronald Reagan The Helsinki summit brought Russia’s small Western neighbor…
Issues of economic importance are often raised in talks between Finland and Estonia, but do we know each other well enough? Anu Realo, Professor…
I and many Estonians like me await the summit between the United States and Russia in Finland on Monday with a certain sense of…
A critically important court case about the limitations on free speech in Finland is unfolding in a Helsinki court this week. Jessikka Aro, a…