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November 2, 2021

New Ambassador Engaging in Maryland-Estonia Relationship

The Maryland Estonia Exchange Council (MEEC), which facilitates sister state and sister city relationships between Maryland and Estonia, has ramped up its activities this fall with COVID restrictions easing. Estonia’s envoy to the U.S., Ambassador […]

October 8, 2021

Estonian Leaders Featured at Prominent Policy Forum

The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) held its annual policy forum virtually from September 28th to 30th. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and Markus Villig, co-founder and CEO of […]

September 27, 2021

Baltic Security Funding Update

As the budget process continues in Congress, the Estonian American National Council (EANC) is tracking the status of funding related to Estonian and Baltic security and calls on Estonian Americans to contact Members of Congress […]

August 20, 2021

Looking Ahead to Zapad 2021

Russia’s quadrennial large-scale military exercise Zapad 2021 will take place September 10 through 16 in the country’s western military district. The exercise is organized jointly with Belarus. Many think tanks and policy experts in the […]

July 30, 2021

EANC Is Visible Supporter at Demonstration During Belarusian Leader’s U.S. Visit

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus, recently made her first working visit to Washington to meet with government officials and the diaspora community. She spent the week of July 18-24 in DC, […]

July 30, 2021

Prime Minister Kallas in DC

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was in Washington, DC on July 13th and 14th for meetings with Members of Congress to discuss the Baltic Security Initiative and other issues relating to U.S.-Estonia security cooperation. Karin […]

July 7, 2021

EANC’s Take on President Biden’s Trip

Three weeks have passed since President Biden’s trip to Europe and analysis among think tanks and pundits continues. The Estonian American National Council (EANC) has been sorting through it to glean information most relevant to […]

June 29, 2021

Issue Spotlight – Baltic Security Funding

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) is tracking and helping to raise the profile of a number of issues in the 117th Congress that are of interest to the Estonian American community. This is the […]

June 11, 2021

EANC Letter to the White House Urges Tougher Policies Toward Russia

Recent events posing threats to European and US security, and the upcoming meeting on June 16th between Presidents Biden and Putin, are the impetus for the June 3rd letter from Estonian American National Council (EANC) […]

May 21, 2021

Estonian Officials Weigh in on Security Issues

May got off to a busy start for many Estonian officials who were called on to share their expertise in various aspects of European and transatlantic security. Several think tanks hosted events looking at challenges […]

April 30, 2021

Central and East European Coalition Policy Discussion Highlights Regional Challenges

The Estonian American National Council (EANC), as a member of the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC), recently took part in hosting a virtual panel discussion event featuring prominent experts on transatlantic security. The event […]

March 31, 2021

Issue Spotlight: Nord Stream 2

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) is tracking and helping to raise the profile of a number of issues in the 117th Congress of interest to the Estonian American community. This article is the first […]