Foreign affairs

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

“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 […]

Lithuania's President Palace in Vilnius
Politics

Is Nausėda already forming the ruling majority? Only three parties were invited to meet

While the heads of the opposition parliamentary parties are ironing their suits and preparing for their meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda, the ruling parties shrug their shoulders. Counting down the days until the parliamentary elections, […]

Politics

Grybauskaitė effect? Among the candidates for Prime Minister, there is also an option that has not yet been named out loud

With the parliamentary elections just a month away, party leaders are already working out, in public and behind closed doors, the scenarios for the foundations of the future governing coalition and who will lead the […]

Andrius Kubilius
Central/Eastern Europe

Andrius Kubilius. Summer of Capitulation Shift

On 5 July, writing about the Great West’s leadership problems, from Macron to Biden, I said, “US President Biden is one step away from capitulation.” Capitulation has happened. Major political shifts are taking place in […]