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Potential new dangers emerge in the US-Russian standoff
The United States and Russia entered a new and more dangerous phase of their pseudo-Cold War this week. […]
Eastern Europe
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Defence
US to send more troops, equipment to Baltic states
The United States will send more troops and military equipment to the Baltic states, US President Barack Obama said during a visit in Estonia on Wednesday. […]
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Comparing 1939 and 2014: Is this already war?
Seventy-five years ago this week, people in Europe and most of the world woke up to ominous newspaper headlines: “German Army Attacks Poland; Cities Bombed, Port Blocked; Danzig is Accepted into Reich”, “War! Nazi Bombs Rain on Polish Cities”. This was the start of the Second World War. […]
European Union
Lithuanian prime minister congratulates Tusk and Mogherini on appointment to EU’s top jobs
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius has congratulated Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on his appointment as the new president of the European Council, the prime minister’s press office said. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Russia’s psychological warfare – battles without armed confrontation
This year, during the month of July, the Central and Eastern European Coalition (CEEC), met with California U.S. congressman Adam Schiff and the U.S. Governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Matthew Armstrong, to exchange thoughts on Russian inspired and supported armed conflicts and threats in the CEE region. […]
Opinion
Opinion: What can stop Russia?
The sanctions of the West against Russia are followed by discussions about what effect they could have on further actions of Russia towards Ukraine. One side stresses that Putin and his closest environment understand only force, therefore the increasing sanctions are the best measure of scaring Russia from further aggression in Ukraine. […]
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Remembering Georgia’s Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze, the last foreign minister of the Soviet Union and onetime president of Georgia, died Monday. Shevardnadze had not been active in politics since his ouster as president during the Rose Revolution in 2003. However, his time in politics marks two critical periods of transition in geopolitics and the world: the end of the Cold War and the restart of the U.S.-Russian struggle. […]
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Why Sikorski is more useful in Brussels than in Warsaw?
Now that Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is mired in a phone-tapping scandal, political editors say that he could have been more beneficial in the European Union (EU) Foreign Policy chief post instead of in Polish Foreign Ministry […]