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Paul Goble argues that the first phone call between the new US president, Donald Trump, and Russian president Vladimir Putin was a victory for the latter, while Trump got very little in return. In advance of talks with a foreign leader, the sides often employ one of two strategies to ensure that the outcome can […]
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The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, confirmed after her meeting with the new US president, Donald Trump, that the latter is “100 per cent behind” NATO. May visited the new president in Washington, DC, on 27 January and at the press conference after the meeting, she said that Trump gave a strong
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The Estonian defence minister, Margus Tsahkna, and the US ambassador in the country, James Melville, on 17 January signed a defence cooperation agreement between the two countries that is designed to regulate the legal status of members of the US armed forces, their family members and contractors in Estonia. The agreement also simplifies their activities
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Few in the West had ever heard of Narva – the city of some 60,000 residents, more than 80 per cent of whom are ethnic Russians, located on the eastern border of Estonia – until Vladimir Putin’s propagandists, in the wake of the Russian Anschluss of Crimea, raised the question in NATO capitals, “are you
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The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, has promised to come to Estonia’s aid in case it was invaded by Russia. “Article 5 of NATO says that we do go to the support of any NATO country that has military action against it,” May told Sky News. “Sometimes people think there is going
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Three US senators visited Estonia this week to assure Estonians that the United States and NATO remain committed to their defence. John McCain, a Republican senator of Arizona; Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator of South Carolina; and Amy Klobuchar, a Democratic senator from Minnesota, visited Estonia at the time when the small NATO members have
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US Senator John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is to visit Estonia on 27 and 28 December, leading a delegation of senators. The delegation will include, in addition to the Republican Senator McCain of Arizona, the Republican Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina and the Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.
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The US military has completed a USD11.2 million infrastructure facelift at the Tapa army base in Estonia. According to the Estonian military, altogether 27 projects were completed at the Tapa army base. “The US investments in Tapa show that our allies’ presence is ongoing and firm,” Brigadier General Indrek Sirel said in a statement. “The
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The appointment of Rex Tillerson as the next secretary of state of the United States has left many American allies, including Estonia, a bit worried – not only because Tillerson has no experience in foreign policy, or politics in general – but because of his close ties to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who, from
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The Estonian embassy in Minsk, Belarus, is taking over the mandate of the NATO contact point embassy from Latvia. The contact point embassy operates as a channel for disseminating information about the role and policies of NATO, helps establish and strengthen contacts in the host country, relays information and gives overviews of developments related to
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