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Pucón Over the past months, newspapers around the world have been filled with headlines that have negatively reflected a growing stream of problematic statements and…
most For roughly as long as there have been democratic elections, there has been the threat and practice of foreign interference. Certainly, new developments have…
rencontre gay sur aix When the Chernobyl Prayer (also known as Voices from Chernobyl) by Svetlana Alexievich was published in 1997 it didn’t draw a lot of attention….
underfoot International attention to Belarus has recently acquired a peculiar angle. The reason for concern this time, is the fate of its dictator Alexander Lukashenka,…
Recently Belarus started to draw attention again, sort of. This time, as a new potential victim of Russian aggression. Suddenly the international media has…
An extraordinary article was recently published in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, “”We are behind Kragh – take the Russian threat seriously”. It was…
New polls show that the share of Russians who would like to go “back to the USSR” is at its highest levels over the…
“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…
Outlawed in the Soviet era and largely ignored during the past 20 years, Estonia’s rock and roll, punk and indie scenes have driven cultural…
Issues of economic importance are often raised in talks between Finland and Estonia, but do we know each other well enough? Anu Realo, Professor…