Articles
When Human Rights Turn into a Commodity
29.10.2011 | Andres Herkel | English news
What are the moral values of the West? To what extent can European values be betrayed in the name of promulgating them? Read more »
20.07.2011 | Mart Laar | English news
Meet Mart Laar: a young pretender turned old defender.
When Yegor Gaidar, the first post-Soviet prime minister of Russia, who was architect of the country's misunderstood ‘shock therapy', died suddenly in December 2009, Mart Laar, a friend, eulogised in a blog: "To be the first is always difficult - all of us can make mistakes in this situation." Read more »
Former PM: Austerity measures boost confidence, not the opposite
28.07.2010 | Mart Laar | English news
While some EU governments have adopted wide-ranging austerity programmes to redress their economies, more needs to be done to tackle imbalances and leaders should stop thinking such measures make government approval rates plunge, Mart Laar, former prime minister of Estonia, told EurActiv in an interview. Read more »
We must talk more about freedom
02.07.2010 | Mart Laar , Marko Mihkelson | English news
A new book on Central and Eastern Europe after 1945 has been born. Another one, yes, but the difference with all the others is that this book aims to compare some of the new democracies, arisen after the fall of the Soviet empire. Read more »
Strategic Impact of Cyber Attacks
05.03.2010 | Jaak Aaviksoo | English news
There is no doubt that cyberspace is a very important medium in the modern world. It should not come as a surprise to anyone that more and more countries in the world are using its possibilities for gaining greater efficiency and flexibility, and establishing a true modern society. Just as same, we should not be surprised if there are ways to exploit these new possibilities for malevolent ends.... Read more »
