We're pleased to recognize Liina-Ly Roos for executing her AABS travel grant to the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study 2025 conference, where she helped build Nordic-Baltic connections with her paper on the 2003 novel "Stalin's Cows." Read more about her experience: aabs-balticstudies.org/2025/06/22/nor…

Late-breaking news! Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will be presenting tomorrow, June 26 at the U. of Illinois Baltics-Ukraine workshop organized by AABS Director-at-Large Dovilė Budrytė and member Violeta Davoliūtė. More info: vist.ly/3n7rvsp

Congratulations to Janet Laidla for successfully completing her AABS Emerging Scholars Grant! Janet used the grant to support her primary source research in the Netherlands, U.K., and U.S. Learn more: aabs-balticstudies.org/2025/06/22/est…

"Publish or perish" is sadly here to stay. But how can you ensure your publications remain meaningful? We asked Diana Mincyte, AABS VP for Publications, for her thoughts - read her advice on our LinkedIn page! vist.ly/3n84i62

#TBT our Baltic Ways podcast episode, "Trump 2.0 and the Baltic States: A Roundtable" from early April. Timely and informative then and now. Listen at vist.ly/3n8ev96 or wherever you get your podcasts.

Here’s a new Review of International Studies podcast episode on rituals and IR for your Sunday morning with late coffee and oranges in a sunny chair. Graciously hosted by Sebastian Kaempf, it features a selection of the thematical articles published in @RISjrnl by yours truly.

#TBT to our Baltic Ways podcast episode marking the 20 year anniversary of the Baltic states joining NATO! Guest expert Lukas Milevski shared his thoughts with host Indra Ekmanis. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or stream online here: vist.ly/3n8zibw

The UK and France have entered into a groundbreaking nuclear agreement. What is its context, and what does collective security mean to the Baltic states? Get your answers from our March webinar, "The Fate of Europe." Watch on YouTube now: youtube.com/watch?v=evOl3y…

As the EU has made a renewed push for independence from Russian energy sources, it's a good time to #TBT to our Baltic Ways episode with Agnia Grigas,on Europe's energy security. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or on our site: vist.ly/3y8kc

Congratulations to Oxford Academic and Harry C. Merritt for receiving the AABS Book Publication Subvention! The award will support Harry's monograph, "Latvian Soldiers of World War II." Learn more: aabs-balticstudies.org/2025/07/13/oup…

My thanks to AABS for their support in the publication of my book with Oxford University Press, Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service! x.com/balticstudies/…

CFP: 90 years of sanctions in the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Scandinavian regions. International online workshop, hosted by the University of Vilnius on December 4. For further information, contact [email protected]. Abstracts due by September 30.

Published open access in the Journal of Baltic Studies, "Managing risks in public procurement of defense innovation: lessons from the development of an anti-armor mine in Estonia" is a timely investigation amidst increasing defense spending. Read now: doi.org/10.1080/016297…

How has Estonian cyber diplomacy supported Ukraine against the Russian invasion? How do the Estonian and Russian approaches contrast? Stanislav Budnitsky researched these questions with the support of an AABS Emerging Scholars Grant. Learn more: vist.ly/3zwas

Need a midweek musical interlude? Check out "The Silent Voice," a 2024 release by pianist and AABS Baumanis Grant recipient Robert Fleitz, who commissioned seven new compositions from Baltic artists. Listen now on all major platforms, and learn more here: aabs-balticstudies.org/2024/12/08/the…

This year CfG proudly hosted the AABS CBSE conference and discussed a range of topics across politics, economics, culture, and more Watch Session 2: What lies behind the ambiguous attitude to Lativa and Estonia's Russophones... youtu.be/tWeruLUAYiw?fe…

Call for Applications (Deadline 15 August): “Resilient Identities in the Baltic Sea Region. Balticness in Transition” CBSS Summer University 2025, hosted by the University of Greifswald from 15 to 21 September. Apply now: vist.ly/32tk4

CFP: From Empire to Minority: Baltic Germans from Late Nineteenth Century to the 1930s Conference to be held at the Institute of Latvian History, University of Latvia, Riga, from January 23–24, 2026. Papers due by September 15, 2025: macmillan.yale.edu/europe/baltic/…

The National Library of Latvia is running a celebration of 500 years of Latvian books! Check out the program and get involved with your own story at gramatai500.lv/en/piedalies

#TBT to one of our first-ever Baltic Ways podcast episodes with Dr. Dace Dzenovska about the paradox of Europeanness. It's a timeless question that still rings true years later. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts or on our website: aabs-balticstudies.org/podcast/