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Andres Kasekamp

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Chair of Estonian Studies, U Toronto

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Kahn was the most famous architect from Estonia.

06.02.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based intern...

Powerful speech invoking Vaclav Havel's greengrocer no longer accepting the lie. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

20.01.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Soviets terror bombed Baltic cities, notably Tallinn, shortly afterwards.

19.01.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

sums it up

03.01.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Even though GWU has a shiny Pushkin monument!

29.12.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Evidence that Trump's refusal to sell Tomahawks to Ukraine because the US needs them was just another lie.

26.12.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is very unfortunate timing as it coincides with the @balticstudies.bsky.social bi-annual conference at UIUC, so don't expect many proposals from Baltic scholars.

13.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reap what you sow.

19.09.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why are they always more concerned about promoting their own books?

05.09.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What a douchebag

22.08.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuine and blatant foreign interference

18.08.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only mystery is why Americans put up with this

18.08.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All the guns in the US make that scenario more plausible

17.08.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In that analogy, Vance is AH, but he is not really his own man.

17.08.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I certainly don't have full confidence that the Western European leaders won't fall for empty US promises of security guarantees and lean on Zelenskyy to accept.

17.08.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We have already found out the answer months ago.

14.08.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That recalls the "Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, when Moscow cut a deal to divvy up an Eastern European country with a Western ex-democracy that backslid into fascism under a convicted criminal with a cult of personality."

12.08.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent analysis

12.08.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That moment has already passed.

11.08.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the news doesn't even mention it. Dementia has been normalized. Had it been Biden...

11.08.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It says more about him not respecting any constitutional restraints on himself.

11.08.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly true

05.08.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Could the Baltic States be the new Ukraine? - ABC listen The Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – once part of the Soviet Union - are now all members of NATO. But Latvia and Estonia both have large Russian speaking minorities. Analysts worry that...

Provided historical context on Baltic geopolitics for Australian Radio. Ignore the headline. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

05.08.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Andres Kasekamp. USA kehtestas Kanadale 35% tollimÀÀra | ERR ERR

RÀÀkisin Trumpi tollimaksude májust vikerraadio.err.ee/media/video/...

05.08.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What impressed @markhertling.bsky.social the most while visiting each Baltic state wasn’t that their governments are clear-eyed and proactive, but that the ordinary citizens were, too...they harbor no illusions about the threats...they are not merely reacting to danger, but preparing for itβ€”together

16.07.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump keeps crossing major lines...

07.07.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Musk's fate will be more like that of Khodorkovsky than Prigozhin. Still early days in the development of the authoritarian regime.

07.07.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mart Laar, Lennart Meri, Edgar Savisaar: the Estonians who led the Singing Revolution that led to the demise of the USSR

06.07.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent, I will make use of this with my students!

26.06.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Might be teaching Harvard students in September. Toronto's Munk School will host Kennedy School students in our classrooms (Trump has cancelled Harvard's right to enroll foreign students).

26.06.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0