Bordered by nine countries, the Baltic Sea has long been a crossroads of trade, culture, and conflict. This video examines its glacial origins, distinctive ecosystem, and the engineering projects that ...

Finland and Sweden didn’t just join NATO — they completed a strategic encirclement. Alongside Poland, Denmark, Germany, and ...

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, often referred to as the Baltic states, are democracies and close U.S. allies. Strong U.S. relations with these three states are rooted in history. The United States ...

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's ...