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Defence & Diplomacy
Estonia’s defence minister on what he expects from the US, a Belgian-Dutch embassy design conference and China sells missile defence to Serbia.
Diplomacy Briefing
We talk to Taiwan’s man in London about diplomatic tussles with China, the Swiss build their second-largest embassy and Russia’s backfire in the Baltics.
Securing the skies
With Donald Trump’s comments on Nato stoking fears of abandonment, the airbase at Ämari has become a crucial site for policing the Baltic states from above, guarding against an ambiguous Russia.
Life on the edge
How has Russia's military involvement in Ukraine affected life along the Baltic borders? Monocle tours the Russian-speaking hinterlands of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for lessons in identity and nationhood.
Draw the line
In a year characterised by a chest-beating world leader with land-grabbing tendencies, what lessons can be taken from the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s collapse?
