Eastern Europe Studies Centre

87 статей

Maria Christina Lundqvist, Neris Germanas

The names and places associated with the atrocities that stain the world’s recent history are only too well known: Guernica, Babi Yar, Sharpeville, Treblinka, Hiroshima, Halabja, Rwanda, Srebrenica and, more recently, Aleppo and Yemen, to name but a few. The memories of those who have suffered are a...

EN DELFI

An Inaugural President Valdas Adamkus conference Restoring Regional Leadership took place at the Vilnius University on August 22. The Conference was hosted by Lithuania's former President Valdas Adamkus, and focused on Ukraine's future, the region's energy security and Europe-US relations. Read the ...

Audronius Ažubalis, MP

Both nations – the Lithuanians and the Polish – both recall well how our mutual conflict in between the two World Wars became a noose on both our necks. Then third parties put in great efforts in “helping” the conflict not reach resolution, but even the conflict itself was complex and difficult.

LT Daily, media brief

2017 could be the year of Russia’s return – the signs of this were discussed in a Tuesday afternoon discussion organised by the the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (RESC) and VU TSPMI. The political scientists discussed the topic of “What will decide Russian foreign policy in 2017?” It is likely that ...

the Lithuania Tribune, LRT

The face-to-face meeting of the presidents of Lithuania and Poland, the first one since Poland's Andrzej Duda took office a year ago, has raised hope of ending the chill in Vilnius-Warsaw relations. However, a big break is hardly in view, political analysts say.

Russia would defend the rights of its nationals and Russian speakers everywhere, including abroad. Such are the menacing notions emanating from the Kremlin for some time now. Meanwhile what would the ethnic Russians of Lithuania do if Russian tanks and “green men” rolled into Lithuania?

the Lithuania Tribune, LRT

Lithuanians have been unwavering EU enthusiasts for over a decade since they joined in, all the while Brussels institutions largely lost favour of many European. Experts say it is about much more than just the money that Lithuania gets from the EU.