John McCain: A Stalwart Friend of the Baltics
When I was preparing to moderate a discussion with Senator John McCain, his staff members were firm. “Senator is...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
John McCain: A Stalwart Friend of the Baltics
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Baltic Bulletin
The Forest not the Trees: Hidden Successes of Latvian Integration
Earlier this year, Franco-German channel TV Arte released a documentary-style film, “Culture War in Latvia,” which ominously describes an...
Multi-National Division North, What Does It Mean?
The NATO summit of July 11-12, 2018 in Brussels has been causing waves, many of them unsurprisingly emanating outward...
Integration Policy & Perceptions in Estonia
Broken international agreements, historical cleavages, and Russia’s use of both hard and soft power in the Baltic states have...
Developments in Baltic Defense since Trump Took Office
The Baltic states have felt themselves to be in something of a defense crisis since the Russian annexation of...
In the Baltics, We Hope Trump Tweets about Us
It was a chilly spring afternoon in downtown Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Curious passersby crowded around a dozen...
The U.S.-Baltic Presidential Summit: 100 Years with Russia
On April 3, 2018, the three Baltic presidents—Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania, Raimonds Vejonis of Latvia, and Kersti Kaljulaid of...
The Fate of Former KGB Agents in Latvia
“I was a KGB agent,” admitted one of Latvia’s most celebrated poets, Jānis Rokpelnis, in a December 2016 interview....
E-Democracy in the European Union: Lessons from Estonia
In 1997, when Estonia first began building its digital society through an e-governance system to provide public services online,...
China’s New Role in the Baltic States
Since its inception in 2012, China’s “16+1” cooperation platform—an initiative aimed at intensifying Beijing’s economic and cultural ties with...