I have just returned to Helsinki, my current home base, from a ten-day trip with the somewhat unusual itinerary of Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Austria. The four small countries vary widely in virtually every way — from their topographies to their histories — but they share one characteristic of contemporary Europe: a struggle to adapt to rapid and wrenching change. This is truly a continent in flux.
My journey began in Tallinn where I participated in the annual Lennart Meri Conference, organized by Estonia’s International Centre for Defence and Security. The conference, now in its …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
