A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Baltic Sea
A nation must think before it acts.
Baltic Sea
Putin’s Conundrum: The Baltic Region, Unconventional Threats and a Rising Russia
The provocative Russian actions in the Baltic Sea against the USS Donald Cook last week suggest that Moscow is implementing a more aggressive approach towards NATO and the United States in particular. Yet, this should not be a surprise,...
Read more »A Baltic Anchor For Weathering Storms
The mounting crises experienced in the past decade by the West have highlighted the many risks Europe faces. The effects of the financial crisis still plague many nations, debate about Middle Eastern refugees is kindling tension, and the Russian...
Read more »Baltic Security And The Nord Stream Two Pipeline
A new natural gas pipeline project agreed between German and Russian companies is causing concern in the Baltic Sea region. Nord Stream Two is a new pipeline that Russia wants to build directly to Germany under the Baltic Sea....
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Lithuania Moves to Tackle Challenges Posed by Emigration
Over 15% of Lithuania’s population has left the country since it joined the European Union in 2004. Persistent high rates of emigration present both economic and social challenges to Lithuania. Most of the emigrants are young, skilled, and well...
Read more »Lithuania Moves to Bolster Electricity Security
Discussions of security in the Baltic states often focus on the countries’ need to control their border with Russia. These countries’ complicated electricity relations with Russia raise important security questions, too. Some Baltic security analysts fear that Russia could...
Read more »Latvia’s New-Old Government
Māris Kučinskis (Credit: Ernests Dinka, Saeimas Administrācija) The last few years have seen parts of East-Central Europe turn to the populist right. Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party won the 2010 and 2014 parliamentary elections with landslide majorities. Poland’s Law...
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