So who’s guaranteeing Europe’s security now?
As time goes by it looks like Ukrainians are the ones ensuring Europe’s survival, even if we aren’t ensuring theirs.
The So-Called Coalition of the Willing
Imagine you are a Ukrainian defender on the front line and you hear about the outcome of the latest meeting of the “coalition of the willing”.
Six ways to light the much-discussed European beacon of freedom
There has never been a better time for Europe to shine. Here's how Europe can step into the role history has given us.
The Truman Doctrine is dead and the Trump Doctrine is here
The Truman Doctrine, stating that US national security depends on helping free peoples to resist autocrats, was US policy from 1947 until 2025. What now?
It’s time for the Baltics to be brave like Poland
Now is the time for leaders to pull their boots on, rise to the challenge, inspire immediate action, and prepare their populations to do whatever it takes to protect lives and land.
The Trump-Putin Pact Already Exists, and We Should Act Accordingly
The fact that military assistance to Ukraine might have been cut before Zelensky’s meeting with Trump should serve as an example of the current mindset in Washington.
The Trump-Putin Pact will be disastrous, say Baltics, again
Two weeks have passed since the Munich Security Conference, an opportunity which the United States took to declare that Europe must take responsibility for its own defence.
We have talked ourselves almost to death
In 2015, I was in the Lithuanian city of Panevežys, standing with the locals, watching a military parade. But this was no ordinary parade.
China could win the war against Ukraine without firing a shot
The US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good.
What are we going to do with Lake Nato?
To address this question, a report was commissioned, and its authors will be former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and myself.
