Warsaw was the best NATO summit since the end of the Cold War. Serious people made serious decisions about serious problems. Taboos tumbled. Russia is
Edward Lucas: the Warsaw Summit – good but not yet enough Read More
A report published last week takes a lengthy and sober look at practical implications of Finland joining NATO. To calm your nerves, and jangle those
Edward Lucas: Why NATO needs Finland and Sweden Read More
I have been dealing with European security for more than thirty years, as an activist during the Cold War, as a journalist, and at think-tanks.
Edward Lucas: Russia is winning Read More
Divisions in Europe are nothing new, and a continent without them would be bland and uninteresting. But that is no reason to exaggerate them, or
Edward Lucas: Europe’s north-south divide Read More
The Nordic and Baltic states are increasingly worried about Russia. Discussing NATO membership in Sweden is a bit like discussing sex at a church youth
Cold War in the north Read More
Will the émigrés return? Countries between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, which have lost millions of their people in the past 20 years,
Edward Lucas: The lost homelands Read More
A tiny Estonian outfit offers a way out of the credit crunch and, possibly, a way to rebuild banking I have started making loans to
Reinventing banking and revising capitalism in Estonia Read More
Russia is poised to gain technical superiority over NATO in areas that are crucial to the defence of the Baltic states. Scandinavian defence pundits are
Edward Lucas: The Baltic states – defending the least defensible? Read More
Chili peppers are not part of Estonian cuisine. But they have helped make some of Estonia’s most distinguished sons and daughters famous at the Economist
How chili peppers made Estonia famous at The Economist Read More