A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Belarus Post-Election: Political Unrest Intensifies
A nation must think before it acts.
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December 4, 2025
In Conversation with Linda Ozola | Latvia’s Crisis Management and Civil DefenseThe following conversation was recorded on November 17, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: I’m very pleased to welcome Miss Linda Ozola, former Deputy Mayor of Riga and... Read more |
December 3, 2025
In Conversation with Maris Andzans | Latvia’s Cooperation with NATOThe following conversation was recorded on October 7, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: Hello, everyone. My guest today is Dr. Māris Andžāns, the director of the Center for... Read more |
December 1, 2025
Want of Frigates: Why Is It So Hard For America to Buy Small Surface Combatants?“The last Fleet was lost to me for want of Frigates; God forbid this should.” Lord Horatio Nelson, letter to Viscount Castlereagh, Oct. 5, 1805 The US Navy is hitting the reset button on its next round of... Read more |
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November 25, 2025
In Conversation with Ieva Berzina | Latvia’s Threat PerceptionThe following conversation was recorded on October 7, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: Hi everyone, I’m honored to welcome Dr. Ieva Berzina to the podcast today. Dr. Berzina... Read more |
November 21, 2025
Windows of Opportunity | Perspectives from LatviaWelcome back to the Ties that Bind. This week, we go back North to the shores of the Baltic Sea for a perspective from Latvia. In this episode, we’ll hear from three Latvian experts on the evolution of the... Read more |
November 18, 2025
I-See-BMs: Chinese Nuclear Policy Under Xi JinpingIn 2021, open-source intelligence efforts revealed a surprising discovery using commercial satellite imagery: China was building at least two silo fields for nuclear missiles. By 2022, a third field was identified. Intelligence experts even speculated that a field in... Read more |
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November 14, 2025
Drones and Mass Salvo Attacks: Lessons Learned from the American Defense of IsraelOn a cool night in April 2024, the Iranian military surprised American and coalition war planners. It launched a massive salvo of drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at Israel, following an Israeli air attack on an Iranian... Read more |
November 13, 2025
In Conversation with Oana Lungescu | Lessons from NATO’s Principal SpokespersonThis conversation was recorded on October 9, 2025, and the transcript has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: It’s really an honor to welcome our guest today, Ms. Oana Lungescu. Oana served... Read more |
November 11, 2025
Data Centers at Risk: The Fragile Core of American PowerOn October 20, 2025, a glitch at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in northern Virginia triggered more than 6.5 million website outages, disrupting banking, logistics, and government operations. What appeared to be a software fault was, in... Read more |
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