Growing Russian Nostalgia for Soviet Past Far More Dangerous than It Appears
byNew polls show that the share of Russians who would like to go “back to the USSR” is at its highest levels over the…
Turbulence In Helsinki
by“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…
Wolfredt & Seksound: The Captains of Baltic Indie
byOutlawed in the Soviet era and largely ignored during the past 20 years, Estonia’s rock and roll, punk and indie scenes have driven cultural…
Trust and communication. Baltic and Nordic values.
byIssues of economic importance are often raised in talks between Finland and Estonia, but do we know each other well enough? Anu Realo, Professor…
Criminal Investigation into Danske Bank Laundering Case A Good First Step
byThe decision by Estonia’s prosecutor general to open a criminal investigation into an alleged €9 billion money laundering scheme through the former Estonian branch…
Dear Mr. Trump: Don’t Appease Putin at the Expense of Eastern Europe
byI and many Estonians like me await the summit between the United States and Russia in Finland on Monday with a certain sense of…
Siim Kallas: I’m starting to see the grand logic of Donald Trump’s strategy more, and more
byOf course, I don’t know how or what the American president is thinking. But I’m tired of having to read through the maze of…
Finnish Prosecutor: Pro-Kremlin Trolls Destroyed Journalist’s Life
byA critically important court case about the limitations on free speech in Finland is unfolding in a Helsinki court this week. Jessikka Aro, a…
Swedish Government Approves Nord Stream 2 Application Despite Regional Concerns
byThe Swedish government has approved Nord Stream’s application to install two gas pipelines inside Sweden’s economic zone in the Baltic Sea. The move comes…
COMMEMORATING THE VICTIMS OF WWII WITHOUT GLORIFYING TANKS OR STALIN
byThe discord that culminated in the Bronze Soldier riots in Tallinn 11 years ago, has not yet disappeared from Estonia’s national conscience. And on…