Tomas Jermalavicius, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Reinstating conscription in Lithuania: bringing society back into defence?

October 17, 2017 Tomas Jermalavicius 0

In 2015, with the security environment on NATO‘s eastern frontiers deteriorating as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Lithuania made a rather sudden and dramatic decision to resume the mandatory military draft and thus […]

Anatolii Shara on military strategies of Ukraine and Russia in their full-fledged war

June 20, 2022 0

The military strategies of Ukraine and Russia in their full-fledged war. From what points did the counterparts start, and how did the strategy change during the war. I spent two weeks in Donbas, a full-scale […]

Andrius Kubilius. Ukraine and Europe tired of being itself

June 18, 2022 0

The war has been going on for more than 100 days. And it could go on for hundreds more. It is time to change from sprinting to marathoning. Victory requires not only physical strength but […]

Belotkach: Europe is repeating the same mistake again

June 18, 2022 0

“Europe has repeated the same mistakes it made 80 years ago when it brought up Hitler on its head. Now it has brought up another dictator”, Vladimir Belotkach said. Because of the war with Ukraine […]

Mr Švedas encourages us to imagine petrol in Lithuania costing €5: there is a good and a wrong side

June 15, 2022 0

Just tear yourself apart. This is how the dilemma of the Western countries could be described. The embargo on Russian oil transported by tanker in Europe was the right thing to do in terms of […]

Military analyst: Russian propaganda gurus knew it was coming before the war started

June 14, 2022 0

The Russian propaganda machine was blowing harder than ever before in the run-up to the war. At the moment, about 400 lies are directed against Lithuania every month, but sometimes the whole propaganda chorus gets […]

The birth of the Second Republic of Kazakhstan and why it matters to us

June 13, 2022 0

The German word “Zeitenwende” perfectly reflects the year 2022. This year is only halfway through, but it marks a turning point in the post-Cold War era. The end of the Cold War led to the […]