Nordic-Baltics

Finnish Defense Forces train with a RAKH light rocket launcher. (Puolustusvoimat / The Finnish Defence Forces)

Commentary

What the US and NATO Stand to Gain from an Alliance with Finland and Sweden

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Henri Vanhanen

Foreign Policy Advisor to Finland’s National Coalition Party.

Peter Rough & Henri Vanhanen

Aug 26, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

A train from Kaliningrad enters Lithuania on April 16, 2022, in Kybartai, Lithuania. (Photo by Paulius Peleckis/Getty Images)

Commentary

NATO Must Back Lithuania Against Russian Coercion

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Timothy A. Walton

Jul 8, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

Transcript: The Ambassador Series: Virtual Event with Swedish Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Jun 16, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

Russian Navyâs lone aircraft carrier, the Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, is towed to the 35th squadron shipyard for maintenance and repair works in Murmansk, Russia on May 20, 2022. (Photo by Semen Vasileyev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

Sweden and Finland Will Help NATO Counter Russia in the Arctic

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Jun 9, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

Podcast

Counterbalance Ep. 35 Special | Russia/Ukraine Crisis: The View from Estonia

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Feb 22, 2022

Podcast

MP of the Finland's Christian Democrats Paivi Rasanen holds a bible as she speaks to media ahead of a court session at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on January 24, 2022. (Photo by Antti Aimo-Koivisto/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

In Finland, Expressing Religious Beliefs Is ‘Hate Speech’

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea & Paul Marshall

Jan 31, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Photo by PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Lithuania Is the ‘Canary’ of World Order