Warsaw Summit: good but not yet enough
byWarsaw was the best NATO summit since the end of the Cold War. Serious people made serious decisions about serious problems. Taboos tumbled. Russia…
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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…
Lavrov: Russia Will Respond To NATO Baltic Activity
byRussian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has warned his Finnish counterparts that Russia would deliver an unspecified response to NATO’s increased activities in the Baltic…
Moscow Creating Military Units It Would Need to Invade Baltic Countries, Shtepa Says
byIt is always risky to derive intentions from capacities, but Moscow’s moves to create new military units opposite the Baltic states suggests that the…
NATO’s Eastern Exposure
byEvery year, Estonia holds special military exercises called Spring Storm. The exercises are for those conscript soldiers who have just completed their term of service….
Lennart Meri Conference set to discuss future of Europe and NATO ahead of the Warsaw summit
byEntitled “Shaping the New Normal” the 10th Lennart Meri Conference will focus on the future of Europe and the West from 13th to 15th…
Russia May Wish to Provoke a Serious Incident before NATO’s Summit in Warsaw
byThe Kremlin pretends officially that it does not comprehend the Baltic and Polish “paranoia“ concerning their perceived Russian threat and demand for significantly increased…
Nordic and Baltic Ministers to Putin: “We won’t forget Crimea”
byOn the second anniversary of Russia’s illegal annexation, European foreign ministers call for sanctions to be upheld in a joint statement. By Margot Wallström,…
Estonia To Build 90km Fence Along Russian Border
byEstonia’s government today approved new regulations that will allow it to build a fence along a 90km section of its land border with Russia….