Foreign affairs
The cost of Western naivete
This week the Council of Europe (CoE), the organization where some time ago I quite naively ran for the position of Secretary General, opted to pay a big price for its naivete – by returning […]
Articles by Andrius Kubilius
Opinion
On the Council of Europe, Russia, and elections of the Secretary General
MP Andrius Kubilius and Reinhard Veser At the end of March 2019, when the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe declared that my nomination was not to be submitted for further consideration to […]
CORPORATE
Ambassador of China – Development: the best guarantee to national security
By Shen Zhifei, Chinese Ambassador to Lithuania At this fascinating time of lush green, China-EU relations have ushered in another “warm spring”. Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid fruitful visits to Italy, France and […]
Lithuania
Investigations in Lithuania don’t resolve problems
Political investigations in Lithuania […]
Lithuania
Seimas acknowledged Vanagas, partisan commander, as Head of State of Lithuania
the Lithuania Tribune On the occasion of the Centenary of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, the Seimas acknowledged Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, First Deputy Chairman […]
CORPORATE
A few remarks on the legacy of Angela Merkel
This week has started with a seemingly surprising piece of news. Following a fairly unsuccessful election in the federal state of Hessen for her Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian initiative: Western strategy towards Russia
Towards a Pro-European Russia and a Marshall Plan for Russia (after Putin) Lithuania is situated next to a complicated neighbourhood. Russia has been and will remain, for many years to come, the biggest threat to […]
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Andrius Kubilius. Strategy for the protection of democracy against hybrid threats
1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]
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Andrius Kubilius. Strategy for the protection of democracy against hybrid threats
1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]
CORPORATE
‘Kremlin’s friends’ exposed
Mindaugas Puidokas, Karbauskis‘ ally and fellow party member, has sent a letter to the Secretary General and all the delegations of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly complaining against the recently-appointed President of the Assembly, Rasa Juknevičienė. […]
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Andrius Kubilius. On 13 January 1991, the front line was in Lithuania. Now it is in Ukraine
On 13 January 1991, 27 years ago, Lithuania stood up for freedom. Not only for its own. We defended the European future. But for the victory there and then, Lithuania and Europe would be very […]
CORPORATE
Foreign Policy and Michael Carpenter in detail about the Marshal Plan for Ukraine
As part of its article dedicated to the Marshal Plan for Ukraine, which was initiated by us, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail cites an article by Michael Carpenter, Adviser to former US Vice President Joe Biden, where he praises our initiative. I was thus impelled to get a hold of the entire article by Carpenter. The article was published in the final issue of Foreign Policy, one of the most influential magazines worldwide and one that is most widely read by foreign policy experts. […]
Opinion
W. Europe needed a Marshall plan in 1947. In 2017 Marshall plan is needed for Ukraine
In 1947, following his return to Washington after the negotiations with Stalin and Molotov in Moscow, George Marshall, the famous US military leader and post-war Secretary of State, saw the need to promote economic recovery in Western Europe destroyed by war. This was seen as a stabilising factor and the only way to halt Stalin’s ambitions of expanding his political dominance to Western Europe. […]
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Sixty years of the EU – A coming of age?
On the 25th of March the European Union turns sixty. Congratulations are in order for the EU and for ourselves! […]
Opinion
Opinion: Main challenges of hybrid war – army reserve and local self-defence guard
Military action in Ukraine is subsiding. Perhaps we can afford a sigh of relief. However, it would be definitely wrong to calm down without attempting at long-term conclusions for ourselves. These should be the conclusions on whether we are prepared to defend ourselves against such hybrid wars as the one that Russia has been fighting in Ukraine. […]
Opinion