June 08, 2017

Readiness and Defence: An Outlook from Lithuania and Estonia

In this episode, Jim Townsend sits down with the Lithuanian and Estonian ministers of defence to discuss the respective landscape and outlook on security, international affairs, and relationship with the United States.

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