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National Military Diplomacy and its Prospects 国家军事外交及其展望

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2017-0007

Gediminas Grina

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引用次数: 1

EU Energy Island – Characteristics, Threats, and How to Break out of it: A Case Study of Lithuania 欧盟能源岛——特征、威胁和如何摆脱——以立陶宛为例

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2017-0008

Romas Švedas

引用次数: 9

Shaping Baltic States Defence Strategy: Host Nation Support 塑造波罗的海国家防务战略:东道国支持

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2017-0004

Valdis Otzulis, Ž. Ozolin̦a

引用次数: 1

The Islamic Khilafa State as a Post-/ Anti-National State Formation: Challenges of the Changing Understanding of ‘Citizen’ and ‘Nation’ to Europe 伊斯兰希拉法国家作为一种后/反民族国家的形成:对欧洲“公民”和“民族”理解变化的挑战

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2017-0003

Egdūnas Račius

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引用次数: 0

Lithuania’s Images in Russian Mass Media after the Annexation of Crimea 克里米亚被吞并后立陶宛在俄罗斯大众媒体上的形象

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2017-0005

Virgilijus Pugačiauskas

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引用次数: 0

American Foreign Policy Think Tanks and their Views on Baltic Security 美国外交政策智囊团及其对波罗的海安全的看法

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI: 10.1515/LASR-2017-0001

J. Boyd

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引用次数: 3

Kaliningrad Factor in Lithuanian - Russian Relations: Implications to the Security Issues of Lithuania 立陶宛与俄罗斯关系中的加里宁格勒因素:对立陶宛安全问题的启示

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2017-0006

Vilius Ivanauskas, Vytautas Keršanskas, Laurynas Kasčiūnas

引用次数: 4

Russia’s Turn to Asia: More or Less Room for Manoeuvre? 俄罗斯转向亚洲：或多或少的行动空间？

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2017-0002

Konstantinas Andrijauskas

引用次数: 0

Putin’s Russia: The Nature and Contradictions of the Regime 普京的俄罗斯:政权的性质与矛盾

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2016-0005

Marius Laurinavičius

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引用次数: 2

The Concept of Fear and the Matter of Emotions in Lithuania’s Foreign Policy 立陶宛外交政策中的恐惧概念与情感问题

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/lasr-2016-0009

Benas Brunalas

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