Estonian Defense Chief: NATO Must ‘Neutralize’ Putin’s Perceived Advantage
byOriginially published by RFERL Estonia’s defense chief has welcomed the U.S. decision to preposition military equipment in the Baltics and other countries on the…
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Estonia and Poland only Nordic and Baltic Sea Countries To Meet NATO Defence Spending Goal
byEstonia and Poland join The United States, United Kingdom and Greece as the only five NATO countries to meet their NATO defence spending commitments…
Nordic Countries Top Global Peace Index, While Russia Is Ranked as Least Peaceful
byIceland and Denmark rank as the number one and two most peaceful nations in the world according to this year’s Global Peace Index, published…
Halonen: Estonia Still Experiencing Post-Soviet Trauma
byFormer Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, has repeated her diagnosis of Estonia’s approach towards Russia as being a symptom of Estonia’s post-Soviet, Post Traumatic Stress…
Estonian President Ilves at 2015 JBANC conference & Archived Panel Discussions
byArchived live feed video from the April 18, 2015 JBANC Conference. Estonian President, Toomas Hendrik Ilves delivers a speech about the contributions of the…
Urmas Paet: The Finns have no illusions regarding Russia but are self-reliant for their security
byOver the past few days, questions regarding the divergent Finnish and Estonian directions on relations with Russia have reemerged and whether the differences in…
Lithuania Publishes Manual For Dealing With Invasion
byWith its mild climate and shuttered nuclear reactor, Lithuania’s more than 20 years of independence have been largely free of both natural and technological…
Is Putin Prepared to Die for Narva?
byStaunton – Ever since Vladimir Putin began his aggression in Ukraine and sent signals that he was prepared to move against the Baltic countries,…
Ukraine Seen Forming New Military ‘Troika’ with Lithuania and Poland
byStaunton, November 26 – Having reluctantly concluded that it will not get the assistance it needs from NATO as a whole, the Ukrainian government…
Niinistö: Finland missed opportunity to join NATO 20 years ago
byFinnish President Sauli Niinistö told the Washington Post in a weekend interview that “it would have been a very easy step” for Finland to…