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What will the fate of Lithuanian conservatism be or is it already in the past?

July 2, 2019 Mačys Laurinkus 0

Living in times of dynamic change, is it still meaningful to talk about Lithuanian conservatism, which from the oldest times has looked at the change in at least a skeptical light? Musings on this forgotten […]

Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Bruce S. Thornton: Why should Putin risk for Baltic states?

December 1, 2014 www.lrt.lt 0

The Western countries are unable to properly respond to Russia‘s aggressive policies, because they are “rich enough to afford the luxury of believing that [they] can take a vacation from history, and ignore the permanent reality of human violence and conflicting, zero-sum interests,” according to Hoover Institution research fellow Prof. Bruce S. Thornton. […]

Opinion: Putin grasped the political soul of the West

August 17, 2014 Vladimiras Laucius 0

Only now, after Russian missiles shot down the MH17 flight, does the West seem to experience something like a (small) shock. After all, until recently it urged Ukrainian President Poroshenko to sit down at the negotiating table with the terrorist ringleaders. […]

Who will “digest” it, and whose fate may hang in the balance: expert predictions following STT searches

February 13, 2026 0

In a pre-trial investigation into possible corruption at the State Plant Service, Seimas members Saulius Skvernelis and Kazys Starkevičius have been summoned for questioning as special witnesses, according to Roberta Salynė, who states this in lrytas […]