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Leadership of NATO battalion under establishment in Lithuania arrives in Vilnius

January 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

Leadership of the international NATO battalion to be established in Lithuania arrived in Vilnius from Germany on Tuesday. […]

A war of civilizations: diverging approaches to warfare and Russia’s military reform

April 29, 2015 Vytautas Raskauskas 0

Deividas Šlekys, military expert and lecturer at Vilnius University, discusses the nature of warfare and how it has transformed under liberal democracy. […]

How long could Lithuania resist open military aggression?

September 15, 2014 DELFI EN 0

As Russia is engaging in an undeclared war in eastern Ukraine, people in the Baltic states follow developments in Donbass with anxiety, while their leaders work around the clock to ensure that similar scenarios could not be repeated in their backyards. Still, “what would we do if Russia attacked Lithuania?” has become a question regularly discussed in political meetings, lecture halls and pubs. […]

The fate of the coalition – in Skvernelis’ hands? A wavering Paluckas opened a window for Žemaitaitis

December 23, 2024 0

Not even a week after the swearing-in of the new Government, the fate of the ruling coalition is already hanging in the balance – Remigijus Žemaitaitis, the leader of Nemuno Aušra, has issued an ultimatum […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]