This issue of the Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review begins at home. In an interview with Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, we discuss Lithuania’s key foreign policy priorities – sustained support for Ukraine, a strong and credible but firmly transatlantic NATO, a resilient Eastern neighbourhood, and closer cooperation with like-minded partners, including in the Indo-Pacific. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus, in turn, outlines preparations for Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2027.
To help decision-makers and readers navigate Europe’s new age of insecurity, this publication brings together the following conversations:
04 Editor’s Note;
06 Lithuania on the Front Line;
14 “Europe Must Lead, Ukraine Must Endure”;
19 ‘We Are at War Whether We Admit It or Not’;
26 “Talks Without Surrender”;
30 “Unity, Responsibility, and a Europe That Can Decide”;
34 “Deterrence, Messaging, and a Europe-Led Defense”;
38 A Frontline State Chairs Europe in 2027;
43 “Citizens First, Total Defense Always”;
48 Japan’s Security Reset, Alliance Management, and Europe;
55 A Conversation with Tomoyuki Yoshida
Europe and Asia may be far apart, but their security challenges are increasingly connected. Both face revisionist neighbors, shifting alliances, and uncertain signals from the world’s leading power. What Dr. Lee and Dr. Andrijauskas made clear is that cooperation is no longer a diplomatic slogan – it is a practical necessity shaped by shared reality.
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