Public Diplomacy as a National Security Tool
In 2014, Russian Chanel One reported that Ukrainian officials had crucified a three year old boy. The heartbreaking story...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Public Diplomacy as a National Security Tool
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Baltic Bulletin
Historical Analogies and Western Policymaking Concerning the Baltic Region
Western policymakers charged with making decisions related to the security and defense of the Baltic states face intractable questions...
A Latvian Sock in the Laundromat? The Fight against Money Laundering
The recently exposed “Russian Laundromat” scandal alerted the world to a $20 billion money laundering scheme that bankrupted three...
Kaliningrad: Baltic Hong Kong No Longer
Kaliningrad Oblast—the westernmost Russian region physically separated from the Russian mainland—is a unique case study in post-Soviet transformation. The...
“Nationality is Ethnicity:” Estonia’s Problematic Citizenship Policy
Estonia’s citizenship policy complicates the country’s relationship with its large Russian-speaking minority and Russian neighbor. Estonia’s policy approach is...
Transatlantic Security Discourse: Lost in Translation?
As the world anxiously watches President Donald Trump in action, concerns over the implications of his foreign policy choices...
Trumping Up Baltic Foreign and Security Policies
The Baltic states appear to be underestimating President Donald Trump, just as others have before. Baltic elites should use...
Baltic States and Cyber Deterrence: Taking or Losing Initiative against Russia?
In 2017, a skillful combination of military aggression, attacks on information and communications systems, widespread disinformation, and psychological pressure...
Lithuania’s Foreign Policy under Grybauskaite: Belligerence Toward Russia, Reconciliation With Ukraine
Dalia Grybauskaite’s victory in Lithuania’s 2009 presidential elections and her insistence on altering her predecessor’s values-based, pro-American foreign policy...
Turns and U-Turns: The Foreign Policy of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite
Lithuania’s 2009 presidential campaign was the dullest since the office of the president was re-established seventeen years ago. As...