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European Union

Europe must unite against China’s aggressive foreign policy

War is in the air in Asia. Once again, Xi Jinping has put Europe’s China policy to the test. Just hours after President Macron left Beijing after his visit, China started a large-scale military exercise […]

Laurynas Kasčiūnas
Defence

Kasčiūnas: Let’s sleep calmly, but be ready

After Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s top advisor said that an invasion of the Baltic States by a Wagner-type Russian military group was a possible scenario, both the Presidency itself and Laurynas Kasčiūnas, the chairman of […]

Partisans of the Žemaičiai and Kęstutis District. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania
HISTORY

Lithuanian Special Operations Forces: the origins of guerrilla warfare

The Special Operations Forces (SOP) of the Lithuanian Armed Forces were officially established 21 years ago, on 17 December 2001. Still, the real origins of the SOP go back to 1944, when, after the arrival […]

RUS

Литва готовится к огромной волне беженцев из Украины

Хотя украинцы, бежавшие в Литву с начала войны, уже составляют более 2% населения страны, прогнозируется, что вскоре число беженцев войны может значительно увеличиться. К этому уже готовятся не только власти, но и волонтеры, которые все […]

Central/Eastern Europe

Georgia is on a solid path to EU and NATO, interview

Lithuania-Georgia relationship is strong, and Georgia is on its path to the European Union and NATO membership. Those two strategic aims are enshrined in the Georgian Constitution. Georgia, which is facing similar security challenges, supports […]