Putin’s Plan Is A Threat To The Baltic States
byRussian President, Vladimir Putin has torn away any remaining secrecy about his old plans to reconfigure zones of geopolitical influence in such a way…
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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…
Baltic Security: An Interivew with Latvian General Raimonds Graube (ret)
byRetired Latvian Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Raimons Graube talks about the current Baltic Sea security environment and the importance of NATO and Canada’s…
The Task of Securing Freedom in The Baltics Is Not Over: Ambassador Daniel Fried
byKeynote remarks given by Ambassador Dan Fried at the May 2017 JBANC conference in Washington DC. I first met with JBANC in 1993, introduced…
Estonian Center Party Minister: “I am not in favor of NATO membership”
byUPDATE 1:45 EST: Postimees reports that Mihhail Korb has resigned his cabinet post. Korb apologized for his comments outside the Prime Minister’s office at…
“Fortuna” & The Finnish Style of Active Measures
byIn countering Russian non-linear wafare and so-called “hybrid operations”, the identification and publication of Kremlin-linked networks of influence is an essential act for every…
Security Challenges of the Baltic Sea Region: LIVE STREAM
byUpNorth will be live streaming the Security Challenges of the Baltic Sea Region in Stockholm this Saturday. The aim of the conference is to…
Moscow Outlet Describes How Russia Should Break Up Each of the Baltic Countries
byArguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the Russian propaganda site, SputnikPogrom, outlines how…
Battle of Narratives: Russia’s War on History
byWe need to reset relations with Russia on the Kremlin’s terms. That, stripped of its decorative elements, is the argument made by my old…
Sweden Reintroduces Conscription
byThe Swedish government has announced that it will reintroduce military conscription for all Swedes born in or after 1999. Suspended 2010, Swedish conscription is being…