Kremlin, Moscow
Defence

World War III threat in 18 months: the Baltic States are the first target

Germany’s fears that Russia could start an all-out war are well-founded, according to a former commander of the United States military in Europe, who believes that Vladimir Putin will do the unthinkable if he suspects […]

Central/Eastern Europe

Mečys Laurinkus. Ukraine can only win against Russia if NATO is fully engaged in the fight

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced that the military forces under his leadership have three to six weeks to recapture the territories currently controlled by the Russian occupation army, including Crimea, as it will be much […]

European Union

Poland and Germany cannot afford to ignore one another

In 2011, Poland’s then Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski famously stated, “I fear Germany’s power less than her inactivity.” Since then, Berlin and Warsaw’s intensive post-1989 cooperation seems to have ebbed. Why? Can this once-close partnership […]

Rasa Juknevičienė MEP
Defence

NATO is not brain-dead, Mr Macron!

From the Baltic Way to the Berlin Wall and then all the way to the restoration of independence on 11 March 1990, which was ultimately followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Those were […]