American troops in Lithuania
Defence

Russia won’t attack Baltic States, US analyst says

The US should stop making defence promises which serve the interests of other nations rather than America, argues Doug Bandow, analyst of the libertarian Cato Institute, in commenting on Washington’s recent announcement of a significant boost to its forces in Europe. […]

Žygimantas Pavilionis
CORPORATE

Partnership with Poland should be Lithuania’s key foreign policy priority, says former ambassador to US

Many in Lithuania have been criticizing Poland‘s new government, but former Lithuanian ambassador to the US Žygimantas Pavilionis believes that the return of a strategic partnership between Poland and Lithuania should be our greatest foreign policy priority. According to Pavilionis, those now criticising the Polish government are the same people that accepted Barack Obama‘s attempts to reset the US relationship with Russia and improve the EU’s relationship with Russia. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Foreign Minister Linkevičius on response to Russian aggression: Inaction itself can be provocative

Lithuania and other countries in the Eastern block are looking for a clear and decisive message of support from the United States as Russian President Vladimir Putin tests NATO’s decisiveness and tries to fill the “gaps of influence” created by the West’s inability to protect international law and its own interests, said Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius in an interview with The Washington Times on Tuesday. […]

Vladimir Putin at the UN
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Russia should respect principles Putin extolled in UN speech, Lithuania’s Linkevičius says

Russia should respect those principles the country’s President Vladimir Putin mentioned in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]

US Vice President Joe Biden  Photo Ludo Segers
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US Vice President Biden Supports Ukraine’s last chance for reform

During a busy day in Washington, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk received plenty of support from the US Administration, including President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and US Secretary for Commerce Penny Pritzker. […]