Edward Lucas

Edward Lucas, Editor of The Economist and expert on Eastern Europe forecasts a dismal future for Russia, which is also witnessed by ethnic alienation there.

During his visit to Lithuania, Edward Lucas, one of the most prominent British columnists analysing geopolitical situation in the Eastern Europe, urged Lithuania to pay more attention to dissemination of its success stories and be more active in fight with the even smallest provocations of Russia in...

The Lithuania Tribune/ DELFI TV spoke to Edward Lucas, Senior Editor of the Economist. Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite today called Russia ‘a terrorist’ state. Does she have any grounds for such strong words we asked Mr Lucas?

It is important to secure ourselves not only against what we see as a threat but also against what Russian President Vladimir Putin considers important, British journalist Edward Lucas said in Lithuania on Thursday.

Britų žurnalistui Edwardui Lucasui suteiktas Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto ( VDU) garbės daktaro vardas.

Russia’s attacks on Georgia and Ukraine in the last decade have brought to the forefront sharp diversities of opinion within the EU, showing that many member countries have no appetite for confrontation with Russia.

Belarus is spying in Lithuania both individually and is also acting as a proxy for Russia, claims British journalist Edward Lucas, the author of a book on Russia's spying.

British writer and journalist Edward Lucas said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin might engage in provocations aimed at ultimately destroying NATO.

The Economist senior editor Edward Lucas told ETV the move to apprehend Estonian secret service official Eston Kohver may backfire in the long run, as Russia could have a famous political prisoner on its hands for the next 20 years, which will become an irritant.

I have been dealing with European security for more than thirty years, as an activist during the Cold War, as a journalist, and at think-tanks1.

In diplomacy speak, US president Barack Obama's visit to Tallinn means a warning to Russia to keep her hands off the Baltic States.

Estonian retired Brigadier General Urmas Roosimägi rejects the assertion that Estonia could be overrun by the Russian forces in three hours – a claim made by the British columnist Edward Lucas in his article for the Politico magazine.

The downing of the Malaysian airline MH17 finally turned the world’s eyes to the conflict in Ukraine. The criminal irresponsibility of putting advanced weapons in the hands of ill-trained, trigger-happy insurgents was obvious even to professional foreign-policy analysts.

Moscow’s sanctions will cause greatest problems to Lithuania, not Poland or other countries. This is because Lithuania’s business engine is based on exports to Russia, said Edward Lucas, editor of The Economist International Office, in an interview to Info TV.

Lietuvos draugai Vašingtone mano, kad mes gyvename lyg 1939-aisiais, kuomet Lietuvai grėsė okupacija, sako Lietuvos ambasadorius Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose (JAV) Žygimantas Pavilionis.

A security crisis in the Baltic states is the biggest threat to NATO, therefore, the Alliance must boost its presence in the region to avoid it and deter Russia, British analyst Edward Lucas warned in a speech to the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee.