From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. Sep 19, 2023 View in browser… Read More

When he planned to go see the Christopher Nolan movie Oppenheimer, Steve Byrne was shocked to learn from his mother that, when she was an infant in the 1940s, her family had been living in H… Read More

Stalin used to allow – even encourage – mini rebellions to occur so that the revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 could cling to power by flus… Read More

As the 70th anniversary of Stalin's death is commemorated (celebrated?), it is far from inappropriate to tackle a growing narrative, the fact that in the past few years, we hear more and mor… Read More

German and Lithuanian parliamentary delegates traveled to Taiwan this week to meet with Taiwanese defense officials as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continued to exert military pressure… Read More

The proverb “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link” perfectly reflects the situation in the Lithuanian armed forces. It is it unclear how the army will carry out its task… Read More

This article titled “Russia-Ukraine war latest: ‘significant’ blow against Snake Island occupiers, says Ukrainian army – live” was written by Léonie Ch… Read More

A Ukraine soldier inspects the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in Kyiv on March 15, 2022, after strikes on residential areas killed at least two people, Ukraine emergency services s… Read More

European Union countries on Monday accused the Russian armed forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine, but appeared unlikely to impose new sanctions on Moscow despite a clamour across Eur… Read More

(This is the third and last part of the lecture “Surviving the Pandemic: Solidarity at the Margins” in St. John’s University, New York on December 6, 2021.) Read the fir… Read More

Lithuania received some 40,000 M14s in the 1990s and is upgrading some for use as DMRs (Photo: Lithuanian Armed Forces) A NATO ally is busy upgrading their classic M14 battle rifles to keep… Read More

The United States gave Lithuania more than 400 M-14 rifles, which were in service in the United States in 50s of the last century, Lithuanian Armed Forces report on their twitter. “The… Read More

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft lands at the Air Base of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in Siauliai, April 27, 2016. (file photo)The US Senate has overwhelmingly voted to back the e… Read More

This file photo shows a US Air Force F-15 Eagle warplane.The United States has dispatched warplanes to patrol the skies over the Baltic region in an attempt to reinforce its allies from the… Read More

SELF IMMOLATIONS - PEOPLE WITH A HEARTSelf-immolation (Latin immolare "to sacrifice") is an extreme form of protest through self-sacrifice by suicide. Immolation implies suicide by fire but… Read More