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Arvydas Anušauskas

Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliament, was Lithuania’s national defense minister from 2020 to 2024.

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The Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is on Nov. 20, 2024.

Europe’s inaction on undersea infrastructure is a security time bomb

by Arvydas Anušauskas
Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, concerns over the security of energy and communication infrastructure in the Baltic Sea intensified. Initially, focus was placed on the threat of hybrid attacks from Russia. However, it became evident that Russian military vessels and so-called "research" ships were actively mapping the seabed infrastructure of NATO countries and conducting military exercises near critical NATO infrastructure in international waters. Why target such fac