Dr. Laurynas Kasciunas, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Open letter to Jarosław Kaczyński

January 25, 2017 Dr. Laurynas Kasciunas 0

I have always been among a right winger politician in Lithuania who supported and support the party you founded with your late brother Lech in 2001 Law and Justice. […]

Kremlin’s propaganda machine: another weapon, another armed force

September 26, 2016 Dr. Laurynas Kasciunas 0

When we talk about Russia’s propaganda machine we often imagine it as a perfectly functioning system in which some operator presses a button and moves attached figures towards them. Yet what is it really like? How does Russia’s intricate propaganda mechanism run? What makes it different and is it similar to the way Soviet propaganda operated? […]

Opinion: Three reasons why Lithuania needs NATO bases on its soil

September 4, 2014 Dr. Laurynas Kasciunas 0

Paradoxically enough, it is during the term of the US president who thought Europe’s security system a done deal and insisted on a “reset” in relations with Russia that Lithuania and other Baltic states will finally become full-fledged members of NATO. […]

Opinion: Breaking free from Gazprom is of political and economic benefit

August 29, 2014 Dr. Laurynas Kasciunas 0

Russian intervention in Ukraine has refocused the attention on the traditional military and security challenges, but the factors that made it possible for today’s Russian attempts to revise the European security architecture should not be forgotten. Primarily, this was the result of the processes in the energy sector that go forward only because of reasoned calls of a part of intellectuals for Europe to stop funding of Vladimir Putin’s regime. […]

Vladimir Putin’s pyramid of rule: Who really governs Russia?

August 4, 2014 Dr. Laurynas Kasciunas 0

In Lithuania and in the West, Putin’s system of rule is still often described as a monolith pyramid. In the eyes of society, Putin manages to present himself as an irreplaceable leader-statesman (‘tsar’, according to the West), solely making key decisions. But such an understanding of ruling processes in Russia is one of the main mistakes which prevents from obtaining a deeper insight into the regime’s origins and foundations. […]

“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 […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]

Citus experts: Housing demand surpasses the results of the past two years – buyers of the economic segment are returning

October 13, 2024 0

In the last quarter of the year, the number of new housing units (apartments and terraced houses) sold in Vilnius in the economy class was 50% higher than in April–June, according to preliminary data from […]