Review: Agnia Grigas, The Politics of Energy and Memory Between the Baltic States and Russia

Sabina Karmazinaitė
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Since the declarations of independence more than 20 years ago, besides others, the Baltic states are being pursued by energy dependency issues. Differently than was wishfully expected, accession to the EU and NATO for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania did not mean suddenly improved relations with Russia, overcome domestic political weaknesses as well as fast solutions in the energy security sector. They still cause a notable predicament after accession to the EU and NATO. In the recent years, an especial focus on the energy sector could be observed in the Baltic states – energy security has become one of the main concerns for politicians and attracts a lot of attention in the Baltic media and public debates. However, when looking from the academic perspective and analysis, these issues seem not to have found their place among more serious and consistent scholarly interests, creating a strange paradoxical situation when constant daily topicalities in the media and political life were left behind a deeper academic analysis. [...]
评论:Agnia Grigas,波罗的海国家与俄罗斯之间的能源和记忆政治
自20多年前宣布独立以来,除其他国家外,波罗的海国家还受到能源依赖问题的困扰。与人们一厢厢愿的预期不同,爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛加入欧盟和北约并不意味着与俄罗斯关系的突然改善、克服国内政治弱点以及能源安全领域的快速解决方案。在加入欧盟和北约后,它们仍然造成了显著的困境。近年来,波罗的海国家特别关注能源部门,能源安全已成为政治家关注的主要问题之一,并在波罗的海媒体和公众辩论中引起了大量关注。然而,从学术的角度和分析来看,这些问题似乎并没有在更严肃和一致的学术兴趣中找到自己的位置,造成了一种奇怪的矛盾局面,即媒体和政治生活中不断出现的日常话题被抛在更深层次的学术分析之后。[…]
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