Foreign policy analysis of a Baltic State: Lithuania and 'Grybauskaitė doctrine'

Janeliūnas, Tomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003018353

Foreign policy analysis of a Baltic State: Lithuania and 'Grybauskaitė doctrine'

Collection:

Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications

Document Type:

Knyga / Book

Language:

Anglų kalba / English

Title:

Foreign policy analysis of a Baltic State: Lithuania and 'Grybauskaitė doctrine'

Authors:

Janeliūnas, Tomas

Publication Data:

London : Routledge, 2021.

Pages:

xi, 242 p

Series:

Routledge studies in foreign policy analysis

Notes:

Bibliografija ir rodyklės.

Contents:

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

Subject Category:

Dalia Grybauskaitė; Valstybės vadovai / Head of State; Užsienio politika / Foreign policy.

Summary / Abstract:

ENThis 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 which, in turn, could affect changes in international structures. The book is based on original interviews with Grybauskaitė and all her foreign policy advisors, as well as other Lithuanian diplomats and Ministers of Foreign Affairs. In addition to providing an important case study of Lithuanian foreign policy, this monograph also discusses the impact an agent formulating and executing small-state foreign policy may have on the ‘grand structures’ of international relations, such as the EU and NATO. For its investigation of the mutual relationship between agent and structure, this monograph draws on the literature on foreign policy analysis (FPA) and asks questions about the extent to which a particular leader of foreign policy may determine a specific policy decision or outcome. This book will be of particular interest to students of the Baltic region and Russia-Baltic relations, as well as to political scientists and researchers interested in FPA literature, and small-state security. [Publisher annotation]

DOI:

10.4324/9781003018353

ISBN:

9780367675806; 9780367863180; 9781003018353

Subject:

Politikos mokslai / Political sciences

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