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No. 18, December 2008

The Russian experience. Economic crisis. Eurorealism. Supreme Court analysis. Political culture. Estonia´s European Union policy. Neighbourhood Watch. Supreme Council of Republic of Estonia. The National Library of Estonia.

Summaries of articles are in English.

Full articles in Estonian

Editor-in-Chief’s Column

  • Lacking a Head

    Signs of the impending global economic crisis could be seen for many years, but did not receive sufficient attention. It was more convenient and pleasant to hope that, if a phase of economic decline did set in, it would not prove a very serious one. Now things look different.

RiTo conversation circle

Essay

  • The Russian experience

    16 December 2008

    Essay

    RiTo No. 18, 2008

    When she accepted the challenge of being appointed Estonia’s cultural attaché in Moscow, the writer was aware of all of the risks and historical baggage as well as the possibilities represented by Estonian-Russian relations on the political and cultural front.

Politics

  • Eurorealism déjà vu

    16 December 2008

    Politics

    RiTo No. 18, 2008

    The writer believes that five years ago, eurorealism meant the ability to see the dangers from overambitiousness and centralization of the European Union, but today realism means that the hazards lying in store for the European Union in future must be assessed soberly.

  • Non-military lessons of the Georgian conflict

    16 December 2008

    Politics

    RiTo No. 18, 2008

    Looking back at the events in Georgia and thinking about Estonia, the writer finds one clear common denominator – the state’s weakness in responding to a critical situation, which actually stems from the fact that no one believes in the likelihood of anything similar happening.

Constitutional institutions

Studies

Civil society and state authority

History of the Parliament

Literature and Databases

Art gallery

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