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…
Kremlin Propaganda Exploiting Five American Vulnerabilities: Kirillova
byOne of the most damning indications of this was the discovery by historian and diplomat Romuald Misiunas in the library of KGB materials…
Sweden Wins Seat on UN Security Council
bySweden has been elected as a non-permanent member to the UN Security Council after the first ballot of voting on Tuesday. Competing against Italy and the…
How to Fill Very Big Shoes: Estonia’s Choice for a New President
byVery soon Estonia — or its representatives — will be electing a new president, to succeed Toomas Hendrik Ilves, whose second and final term…
Brexit Puts NATO at Risk Too, Putin Ally Says
byMany in both Moscow and the West believe, happily or unhappily, that Britain’s vote to leave the EU will spark similar referenda in other…
The Russian Cyber Threat: Views from Estonia
byTensions between Russia and its adversaries in the West are escalating. In recent years, Russia has undermined the security of its neighbors by violating…
Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel Study Funding Approved by EU
byThe European Union has approved nearly 1 million euros to fund a feasibility study for a tunnel rail link between the Finnish and Estonian capitals. According to a…
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…
Putin: A 21st Century Hitler?
byThe similarities between Hitler’s Germany and Putin’s Russia are striking – and thoroughly disturbing. Will an increasingly stressed Putin push his country towards war,…