Andrius Kubilius MEP Standing Rapporteur on Russia

  • Central/Eastern Europe

Andrius Kubilius. Summer of Capitulation Shift

On 5 July, writing about the Great West's leadership problems, from Macron to Biden, I said, “US President Biden is…

4 months ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

A. Kubilius: Populism in the New Europe: the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?

In 2024, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the "New Europe" - on 1 May, it will be 20…

1 year ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

Kubilius. Differences in the West: do you or do you not believe that Russia can become a democracy in the future?

When we observe and analyse Western support for Ukraine, we sometimes see a lot of hesitation, questionable arguments and indecision.…

1 year ago
  • Foreign affairs

Western reality and our responsibility

Immediately after Putin launched Russia's war against Ukraine last year, it seemed that the West had really woken up from…

1 year ago
  • European Union

What’s does Europe’s future need? It needs you.

You’re doing your best to live responsibly. You shop carefully. You want to ‘green’ your house with solar panels. You…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

What is the difference between the new Gerasimov Doctrine and the al Qaeda Doctrine?

Valery Gerasimov, the long-serving (since 2012) Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, has recently also been…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

On “psychological complexes” towards Russia to Mr Kubilius: let’s learn from the USSR’s demise

In this article on "psychological complexes" of the West towards Russia, Mr Kubilius makes a few wrong assumptions and leads…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

Smart Russian officers will decide the fate of Russia?

The 2022 year came to an end. A year that will be marked in the history of the world with…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

What does the West want?

The fundamental question of the future course of this war is, paradoxically, not about Ukraine but rather about Russia. It…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

Our “Russian” psychological complexes

Latvians had revoked the broadcast licence for the Russian opposition TV channel Dozhd. Before that, the channel had been expelled…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

Entering the second year of the Russian invasion at the same crossroads

This is a story for an indefinite period, and its outcome is entirely uncertain. So the most important thing is…

2 years ago
  • Defence

After the clarification of relations between Anušauskas and Kasčiūnas – a loud statement

The recent tension between Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas and the chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

Military aid to Ukraine: the Belgian cavalry turns up late

Belgium has decided on a new military aid package for Ukraine worth €12 million. It includes heavy machine guns[i] and…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

War: will the geopolitical crisis make the European Union stronger?

In global affairs, we are getting used to crises: if not a pandemic, then inflation, an energy crisis, refugees, or…

2 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

Andrius Kubilius. Europe’s geopolitical crisis: causes, lessons, consequences

Russia’s war against Ukraine is a major geopolitical crisis for the entire European continent. It is the first such geopolitical…

3 years ago
  • Defence

Intelligence assesses a brand new threat in Lithuania: known names of dozens of people

After the State Security Department (DSS) explicitly identified the threat of possible terrorist attacks by far-right groups in the near…

3 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

The purpose of our war

I keep saying that this is our war, not just Ukraine's. It is the war of the entire democratic Western…

3 years ago
  • European Union

Germans are the EU’s political Achilles’ heel: this has been clear ever since Schröder and Merkel used to fly to Moscow

Russia is so far confidently ahead of Ukraine. Fortunately, not on the battlefield. But, as the EU's foreign policy chief,…

3 years ago
  • Defence

Experts reassuring but also urge Lithuanians to be prepared

Russia's month-long invasion of Ukraine is changing the mood in Lithuania. People wonder whether there would be enough places for…

3 years ago
  • Latest

Lithuanians off to Ukraine: if we don’t stop Russia, we’ll soon see their tanks on our border

On Monday, the volunteers left Lithuania for Ukraine, which has been attacked by Russia and is currently in the flames…

3 years ago