Russia and Illiberal Democracy
We have done this before and will do it in the future: let’s take a look at Estonia’s vicinity and explore the processes that may concern us...
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No. 181 • October 2018
Deterring Russia: Twists and Turns of the Strategic Debate
The scale of defence expenditure might not save us from political and societal...
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On the “spiritual front”: Kyiv and Moscow battle for hearts and souls
The independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from Moscow would strike a blow against Russia’s...
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Syrians Still Kicked Around
Repatriation is above all thwarted by the lack of a sense of...
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“Hungary Will Not Change, Europe Must Change”
Viktor Orbán seems to be going beyond simple political change in...
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Can Peace in the Baltic Sea Area Be Achieved Without Regional Effort?
From a global point of view, the Baltic Sea region should be a peaceful neighbourhood: there are no large deposits of natural resources, the sea is too small for great fleets and battles, and the...
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The Base Text for Modern Eurasianism
The publishing house Ilmamaa recently released the Estonian translation of the magnum opus by the Russian historian, ethnologist and geographer Lev Gumilyov, Ethnogenesis and the Biosphere of Earth,...
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The Russia That We’ve Invented
Russia is an unlimited source of inspiration for all kinds of writers who try to make sense of it and publish hundreds of new books every year in nearly all of the languages of the...
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