Foreign Policy Analysis of a Baltic State: Lithuania and 'Grybauskaite Doctrine'

ISBN-13: 9780367863180 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 242 str.

Tomas Janeliūnas

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Lithuanian foreign policy by employing the theory of small states and the agent-perspective to assess how President Dalia Grybauskaitė impacted Lithuanian foreign policy in 2009-2019 and could affect changes in international structures.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction  PART I  Chapter 2. Theoretical Background: Structures, Agents and Small State Strategies in Foreign Policy Chapter 3. Lithuanian Foreign Policy Process and the Role of the President  PART II  Chapter 4. The Baltic States: Between Cooperation and Competition  Chapter 5. Russia: The Reset that Never Was  Chapter 6. Relations with the USA: CIA Prison, Defensive Plans, Obama, and Trump  Chapter 7. Relationship Status with Poland: ‘It’s Complicated’  Chapter 8. Ukraine: The Revolution that Started in Vilnius  Chapter 9. The European Union and the Search for Leadership: from the Nordic Countries to Germany  Chapter 10. Relationship with Israel  Chapter 11. Conclusions: Lithuanian Foreign Policy Changes and Grybauskaitė’s Legacy

O autorze

Dr. Tomas Janeliūnas has been a full-time professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS), Vilnius University, since 2015.