Central/Eastern Europe

Expert assesses Zelensky’s speech: one accent is most important

On March 13, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Lithuanian Parliament remotely. Lauras Bielinis, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University, argues that the most important accent in the Ukrainian leader’s speech was Western […]

Central/Eastern Europe

Medalinskas, who escaped from Ukraine, talks about the West’s astonishing disability and the Russian choice of slaughter places

Alvydas Medalinskas, a political analyst who escaped from the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk just a few weeks ago, recalls that it was only by chance that he did not go back to Mariupol on the […]

Moscow
Central/Eastern Europe

The Russian Liberal Bias

Do not expect grassroots change to happen in Russia. A popular phrase spoken only half-jokingly by the residents of Moscow goes like this, “Moscow ends, and Russia begins at the Sadovoye Koltso”. Sadovoye Koltso, or […]

Foreign affairs

A. Kubilius. On Lithuania’s foreign policy strategy up to 2030

Instead of an introduction This text aims to bring together in a more conceptual form personal thoughts, initiatives and projects devoted to foreign and security policy, which I have had the opportunity to lecture, explain, […]

German PzH2000 shooting for the first time in Lithuania
Defence

Allied troop increase in Lithuania could be 2-3 times higher, says Army Chief: “But numbers are not the point”

Lithuanian Chief of Army Valdemaras Rupšys says that it is important for Lithuania to have the largest possible deterrent capability in the country. He also points out that the allied troop strength in the country […]