Five years ago, I wrote about the first time I saw the lands of Kaliningrad, known as the Karaliaučius region…
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree under which Kaliningrad’s port limits should be expanded to accommodate a…
When NATO leaders gather in Warsaw on July 8 to 9, they will announce steps to beef up the alliance’s…
The Baltic states need Patriot missiles to deter a Russian invasion, according to Estonia’s defence chief. [...]
The ceremony of opening the United States’ missile defense base in Deveselu, Romania, last week (Thursday, May 12), was greeted…
Without the permanent presence of NATO forces in the Baltic region and with the United States focused on the Pacific…
NATO's rapid response force is not ready to be used to counter a possible Russian attack in the Baltics and…
NATO air policing fighters stationed in the Baltic States performed five scrambles last week to intercept military aircraft of the…
The US European Command said last weekend that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet "performed erratic and aggressive maneuvers", flying within…
Russian OMRP Spetsnaz units may have landed on the coast of Juodkrantė two years ago. This suggestion by the chairman…
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged politicians to refrain from speculating on security issues, following a number of suspected border…
A court in Russia's Kaliningrad region has found Yevgeny Mataitis, a dual Lithuanian-Russian citizen, guilty of high treason and sentenced…
NATO fighter jets serving in the Baltic air policing mission performed three scrambles last week to identify and escort Russian…
MP Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, suggested in an interview that Russian forces could…
Russian energy company Gazprom tried to undermine Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) at Klaipeda and attempted to put pressure…
Russia's intensifying military activities have forced NATO to respond in kind, with the Alliance saying it will conduct more military…
The U.S. has a long history of championing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Baltic states, dating back to…
Lithuanian and foreign military analysts have been looking into hypothetical scenarios of a hybrid war breaking out in the Baltics…
Russian carriers are continuing to use the port of Klaipėda after receiving a small number of transit permits from Poland…
Concepts of military strategy and doctrine have long influenced the political and military geography of the Baltic region. [...]