A Quarter of a Century of Freedom
Estonian independence was restored 25 years ago. If we consider realpolitik, it is a miracle that Estonians made it. As in 1918, our politicians used the international situation to our advantage and...
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No. 156 • August 2016
What Made the Restoration of Estonian Independence Possible?
Separate status within the Soviet Union did not interest us, so we did not share its international...
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Revelations on the Restoration of Independence
The theory about small states does not hold when using the example of the Baltic States in international...
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25 Years After the Moscow Putsch: What Did Events Look Like from Within the KGB?
The head of the KGB press service believes that Mikhail Gorbachev betrayed...
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The Role of the United States in the Restoration of Estonia’s Independence
Congress was the strongest ally of expatriates from the Baltic States in implementing the US non-recognition...
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From Non-Recognition to the Exchange of Diplomats: US Baltic Policy in August–September 1991
On 27 August 1991, five days after the coup in Moscow had collapsed and Estonia and Latvia had joined Lithuania in declaring that they had restored their de facto independence, Estonian foreign...
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