I am thrilled that the FT has chosen BALTIC as one of its books of the week. Thanks to @Simon_Nixon for the thoughtful review: https://t.co/ZpTlCROIpL If you are in the UK and would like to hear more about the past, present and future of the region next week, details are below:

The trad BOTY boozy chat is on @AspectsHistory pod today w/ @Roger_Moorhouse @Tonisenior @RForemanAuthor featuring books from @MarkUrban01 @NeilBlackmo @CapelLofft @sauldavid66 @olivernmoody @SpitfireFilly @burke_jason @jonawils @holland_tom @BernardCornwell @colinfreeman99 1/2

Wrote Saturday's Weekend Essay in The Times with @olivernmoody on Poland’s economic transformation. From Walesa's "second Japan" dream to today's trillion-dollar economy - 📰

Fireside Chat I The 11th GSSC Vilnius Forum featured a fireside chat with @VictoriaCoates, Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at @Heritage. Moderator: • @olivernmoody - Berlin Correspondent, @thetimes.

For those outside the UK, it's also already online through the Start the Week podcast: https://t.co/myubaqkhU1 (other platforms are very much available)

Very much enjoyed appearing on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week programme this morning to talk about Baltic: The Future of Europe, alongside @NaomiAllthenews, @doctorow and their books about the state of tech and society. You can listen back to it here:

He gave the world Blue Nun — and Soviet state secrets | ✍️ @olivernmoody Peter Sichel fled the Nazis, spied on Cold War dictators and made Britons merry in the 1980s. A new film declassifies his life from beyond the grave

The Times visited us at the Finnish-Russian land border. Article is behind the paywall, but I can tell that it focuses on national defense task of the Finnish Border Guard. It’s amazing to see how well my officers and young conscripts do with international media. @PKarjalan_raja

The Polish PM feels ‘bitter satisfaction’ that his years of warnings about Russia and the ‘extremely ordinary’ Putin have been vindicated

And here is part of his impassioned case for Ukraine's accession to NATO and the EU, even though he acknowledges the difficulties this would present for his own country

Here is Tusk on Putin

This conversation with Donald Tusk was one of the liveliest political interviews I've conducted in a long time, with a number of lines that will stick in my memory for years to come.

@olivernmoody and I interviewed Poland’s PM Donald Tusk for The Sunday Times He told us: 🇺🇦 Ukraine can fight Russia for 2–3 years but fears a decade-long war 🇬🇧 Britain would be “in the line of fire” of Russia 🇵🇱 Poland GDP to soon overtake the UK 🗞️ ⬇️ https://t.co/DS9yJcciHk

“I still remember from my history lessons the words, ‘Who will die for Danzig?’ [the old German name of Gdansk] Today we are more or less in the same situation.” Poland's Donald Tusk tells Sunday Times, congrats on great get @BartoszKielak @olivernmoody https://t.co/KqprWIuALm

"Baltic Futures = Europe's Future". Want to understand the future of Europe? Read this book. I just reviewed it on my blog. Well done, @olivernmoody

We had 800 people sign up to attend our panel discussing Russia’s hybrid attacks on Europe and its devastating war in Ukraine at the @cheltfestivals Cheltenham Literature Festival with @olivernmoody @andrewmonahan and Kataryna Wolczuk. Heartening to see such a good turnout.

For those in the UK who have (unaccountably!) yet to read Baltic: The Future of Europe, I bring news: - the updated paperback edition will be published on January 29th, and - from Tuesday to Friday only, Waterstones has a 25% discount on pre-orders. You'd be raving mad not to.

Reporting from Berlin to Vilnius 📰 @olivernmoody, The Times Berlin Correspondent brings his insights to the Annual Vilnius Foreign and Security Policy Conference on Nov 21. Stay tuned for speaker announcements and updates! Register and learn more: https://t.co/chaSPBM37u Photo

Looking forward to this panel on Russia’s threat to Europe at the Cheltenham Literary Festival next week with @olivernmoody @AndrewCMonaghan and Kataryna Wolczuk. Tickets here https://t.co/HinjbhIVlj @cheltfestivals

The final panel of #HSF2025 explored the future of European security. The discussion, co-organised with @SitraFund, highlighted the comprehensive approach as a foundation to security – including democratic values, the rule of law, and social, environmental & economic dimensions.

Europe must be able to carry its own weight better than it has before, when it comes to the defence and deterrence of our NATO alliance. The good thing is that we are on the right path. Thank you, @olivernmoody, for the interview at #HSF2025!