Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Defence

Could Grybauskaitė have replaced the current NATO leader?

Former Lithuanian President Answers Where the Obstacle Lies Former Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, once considered a candidate for the post of NATO Secretary General, now says her tough stance on Russia, including calls for Russia […]

European Union

Panic at the chancellery

This is not a quarrel. Nor is it just one of those frequent moments in the Franco-German relationship when everything seizes up because the president has not yet adapted to the new chancellor or vice […]

Russian flag
Central/Eastern Europe

It won’t please those who like extremes: Mažeikis on the Russian language, Russian writers and those fleeing mobilisation

There is no room for halftones in war. There is no room for postmortems; the enemy always seems to be the scoundrel, and the friend is always right. Under such conditions, it is almost impossible […]

Kyiv, summer 2022. Andreas Umland
Central/Eastern Europe

After the war

Ukraine, the West and democracy will prevail. Whatever Mr Putin does or does not do, despite his war crimes and nuclear threats, despite his bombing of Ukrainian cities and the violence of his repression even […]

European Union

Five years of silence

It was an otherwise normal Maltese afternoon. One of those beautiful, balmy days, typical of late summer, characterised by the sun, surrounded by the poetic beauty of the blue sky. It was five years ago […]