October 2026
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The nuclear paradox: Why the world wants both deterrence and disarmament
In the summer of 2023, as Russia threatened nuclear strikes against Ukraine, we conducted the most comprehensive academic survey of global attitudes toward nuclear weapons ever undertaken. Across 24 countries on six continents—from nuclear powers like France, the United Kingdom, and the United States to non-nuclear-armed states like Brazil, Nigeria, and Poland—we asked more than 27,000…
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Lithuania Helped Putin Send an Anti-War Activist to Prison for Six Years
Lithuania returned an anti-war activist to Russia, where he received six years’ imprisonment. In September 2026, 68-year-old Russian citizen Igor Odintsov, who, according to the chairman of the Lithuanian community in the Kaliningrad region, had helped defend Lithuania’s independence in January 1991, swam across the Neman River in an attempt to escape criminal prosecution in…
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The Belarusian GULAG on German Television Channel ZDF — A Report Featuring Olga Karach
In ZDF’s report, Olga Karach exposes slave labour in Belarusian penal colonies. The German television channel ZDF aired a report on its programme frontal, examining forced labour in Belarusian penal colonies and how goods produced by prisoners have reached, and continue to reach, the European market through complex supply chains. The report features Olga Karach,…
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If the Bomb Never Explodes, That Does Not Mean It Leaves No Trace
Why the environmental cost of nuclear deterrence belongs in the security debate There is a rather strange system of accounting in nuclear policy. We carefully count warheads and missiles, range and flight time, and the capacity to launch a retaliatory strike, yet we are far less likely to count the land, water and human lives…
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Our House Youth Bring Belarusian Voices to Helsinki
Our House’s youth team recently visited Helsinki for a programme of meetings, exchanges and advocacy activities focused on the challenges facing young Belarusians in exile. IMG_2890 An important part of the visit was a series of meetings with Finnish parliamentarians and German diplomats. These conversations provided an opportunity to raise concerns about the protection of…
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Our House Brings the Experience of Women in Exile into the EU Gender Action Plan IV
Policy input urges the EU to confront gendered transnational repression across borders. Our House Centre for Human Rights and Relief has prepared a new Policy Input for the development of the EU Gender Action Plan IV (GAP IV) 2028–2034, bringing into the European policy debate an issue that remains too often overlooked: authoritarian repression does…
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Shadow Report on Systemic Gaps in Lithuania’s Security Model and Their Consequences for People, Democratic Institutions and the European Union
Gaps in VSD Activities and Institutional Accountability in the Context of Lithuanian National and European Security Period covered: 2020–2026 Prepared on the basis of open-source intelligence (OSINT) and a comparative analysis of the annual assessments by VSD and AOTD 26 September 2026 Executive Summary Lithuania’s model of public reporting on national security systematically narrows security…