On the Road to the Second Century: The Geopolitical Future of the Baltic States in the Visions of Politicians and Political Scientists

Q4 Social Sciences

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI:10.2478/lasr-2018-0002

E. Vareikis

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Abstract

Abstract After they had emerged as national republics in 1918, the Baltic states spent the first hundred years of their independence as small, isolated, poorly defended countries that sought to foster their national identity nonetheless. Geopolitically speaking, they had little influence on their environment, rather constituting an area of geopolitical interests of other states. The geopolitical visions of the 21stcentury picture them as part of an integrated Euro-Atlantic space with good potential to become members of the centre of power that is currently taking shape in Central Europe or provide a strong Western European border next to the weakening Russia. The 21stcentury will be the age of US leadership, putting the Baltic states, as allies to the US, in a safer position than they were in the last century.

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在通往第二世纪的道路上:政治家和政治学家眼中波罗的海国家的地缘政治未来

摘要1918年，波罗的海国家成为民族共和国后，在独立的头一百年里，它们都是小而孤立、防御不力的国家，尽管如此，它们还是试图培养自己的民族身份。从地缘政治角度讲，他们对自己的环境几乎没有影响，而是构成了其他国家地缘政治利益的一个领域。21世纪的地缘政治愿景将他们描绘成一个一体化的欧洲-大西洋空间的一部分，有很好的潜力成为目前正在中欧形成的权力中心的成员，或者在不断削弱的俄罗斯旁边提供一个强大的西欧边界。21世纪将是美国领导的时代，使作为美国盟友的波罗的海国家处于比上个世纪更安全的地位。

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Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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期刊介绍： Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review is a bilingual (Lithuanian and English), peer reviewed scholarly magazine that is published once per year by the Strategic Research Center of the Military Academy of Lithuania in cooperation with Vilnius University (Institute of International Relations and Political Science) and Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Political Science and Diplomacy Department). The journal focuses on the global, regional and national security problematique which directly or indirectly influence security and defense issues of Lithuania, the Baltic states and region around. The Review aims to sustain high profile scientific publications delivering rigorous analytical insights into security and defence problematique ofn the region and to be ranked as a regular and high-quality academic periodical. The Review reaches out for academic community and political practitioners and offer ample opportunities for scholarly visibility and potential impact.