Steve Schneider: Pardons for Rioters? Attack on Iran, its Interests or Proxies? An Expat American in the Middle East Discusses Concerns An expat American in the Middle East discusses his concerns about the final days of the Trump Administration, including possible pardons for rioters and an attack on Iran, its interests or proxies. 2 

Viktors Domburs: The U.S. election hits the Baltic States Political upheavals in 2020 in major countries stir people all around the world. It turned out, that presidential elections in a single country, which are a purely internal affair of the state, have a global impact on the foreign policy of many states. Thus, the world froze in anticipation of the results of the US elections. The Baltic States, in particular, want to know if the new president continues support

Adomas Abromaitis: European defence still matters but not for Lithuania European countries have different points of view on the issue of the EU collective defence and security. These views divide the European Union and continue to weaken the organization. Some of the EU member states realize the need to turn the EU into a real global military power. 1 

Augusts Augustiņš: Who are You, Mr. Solovey? In the last couple of years, former head of the Public Relations Department at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, political expert, professor and historian Valery Solovey has become considerably popular on the internet and outside of it. He is a critic of the Kremlin, but he is also considered an insider - someone with connections in the ruling elite. He tirelessly gives interviews to different bloggers, as

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: Militants storm prison in Afghanistan killing 29 people Afghan forces say they have retaken Jalalabad prison after at least 29 people were killed in hours-long battle following a Daesh-claimed attack on the facility, Afghan Ariana TV reported Monday. Another 50 people were wounded in the attack.

Lukas Ramonas: Baltic countries are begging troops from Washington "Washington intends to relocate 9,500 U.S. troops from Germany to two different countries by the end of September" said U.S. President Donald Trump in his interview with the Washington Post last week. Poland is already in line to receive some of these troops. The second one will be a country that fulfills obligations to finance defense forces in the amount of GDP 2%.

Allan Wayne: A Visit to CHAZ (CHOP), Day of the Shootings, Sat 6/20/2020 On the day of the CHAZ shootings, I drove to Capitol Hill, to visit the Autonomous Zone, and see how my old neighborhood, and the Occupy, was going. 10 

Kasparas Jankauskas: China and India are on the verge of war Tensions between two nuclear-armed states China and India are not new. Both countries share the world's longest unmarked border. They have been engaging in several encounters for ages. Recent events suggest that escalations are highly possible. 1 

Viktors Domburs: The Baltic States are Target Number One From 1 January 2020 security of the Baltic airspace is ensured by three Command and Reporting Centers designed for specific national airspace surveillance, based in Tallinn, Lielvarde, and KarmÄ—lava, instead of one joint unit.