... that made it inevitable was transport connectivity between the Kaliningrad Region and the rest of Russia. The EU sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of the special military operation further aggravated the situation. The Russian authorities said Lithuania had banned transit of a wide range of Russian cargoes, which is a high-profile political development. Most likely, the EU will adopt amendments to the sanctions legislation which will allow unhindered transport connectivity. So far, the problem ...
The Lithuanian gamble has low chances of succeeding
Why does Lithuania provoke China on the Taiwan question? Is it indeed so important for politicians in Vilnius to have a "Taiwan Representative Office" in their city instead of a "Taipei ...
... the absence of their fundamental significance for the global agenda, are essential for understanding what international politics may look like in the future. First, there was a de facto rupture of relations between China and the small Baltic state of Lithuania after the authorities of the latter made a decision to de facto recognise the sovereignty of Taiwan, which Beijing considers part of the People’s Republic of China. Second, this is the first anniversary of the stormy internal political events ...
On June 22, 2021, the Lithuanian Embassy in Russia held an online discussion on Russia’s foreign policy: a year after amendments to the Constitution
On June 22, 2021, the Lithuanian Embassy in Russia held an online discussion on Russia’s foreign policy: a year after ...
On October 1, 2020, Eitvydas Bajarunas, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Russia, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On October 1, 2020, Eitvydas Bajarunas, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Russia, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The Lithuanian diplomat was briefed on RIAC ...
Is there a future for Belarus as an independent nation, or must it choose between being absorbed by the Poland-Lithuania-NATO constellation of power or by metropolitan Russia?
For centuries, the land on which the contemporary sovereign state of Belarus sits has been a fiercely contested borderland between Poland and Russia. It has changed hands many times ...
The title is self-explanatory—Russia is an aggressive state that has to be deterred
Almost a year ago, the RAND Corporation published the report "
Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States Through Resilience
". The title is self-explanatory—Russia is an aggressive state that has to be deterred.
RAND Corporation Report "Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States Through Resilience"
In the very beginning, the authors state that the governments and citizens of Estonia...
... to visible changes in the political course of a country. However, these changes are mostly manifested in the new rhetoric of public officials who are EKRE members.
In the other states of the region, voters cast their ballots for new “faces.” In Lithuania, the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union won the parliamentary election, thus putting an end to the constant changing back and forth of power between the social democrats and the conservatives. What is more, the banker Gitanas Nausėda was elected ...
This publication includes 53 articles analysing the main development trends in the post-Soviet space – both the geopolitical region as a whole and the individual countries that make it up. The anthology consists of three sections: the first section is retrospective in nature and looks at the post-Soviet space 20 years after the collapse of the USSR; the second section analyses the current state of the former Soviet nations; and the third section provides a number of forecasts for the development...
On October 10 Remigijus Motuzas, Ambassador of Republic of Lithuania in Russian Federation, Giedrius Galkauskas, Minister-Counselor of the Embassy, and Laimis Rubinskas, First Secretary of the Embassy, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On October 10 Remigijus Motuzas, Ambassador of Republic ...
