The Baltic States and their region: new Europe or old?
ENWith EU and NATO membership for the Baltic States now a reality, this volume examines the relationship of the three countries, their constituent peoples and their surrounding region to the wider Europe, both historically and in the period since 1991. In particular, the contributors seek to locate the Baltic area within the manifold debates surrounding the concepts of “new” and “old” Europe, including those occasioned by the current conflict in Iraq. Covering issues of identity, sovereignty, minority rights, security and relations with Russia the work assesses the likely contribution of this region to an enlarged Euro-Atlantic community. It will appeal to specialists and students in the fields of area studies, history, politics and international relations. [Publisher annotation]
- P. 41-65. Lithuania’s new (in)security: transatlantic tensions and the dilemma of dual loyalty / Dovilė Budrytė
- P. 115-142. Overlapping ideological boundaries and transformations in the EU periphery: the Baltic States and Kaliningrad / Sergei Jakobson-Obolenski
- P. 143-157. The Promise of certainty, safety and security in an uncertain, unsafe and insecure world : the emergence of Lithuanian populism / Leonidas Donskis
- P. 159-184. Labour rights, social conflict and cohesion in accession Lithuania: implications for EU enlargement / Charles Woolfson
- P. 211-266. Non-territorial cultural autonomy as a Baltic contribution to Europe between the Wars / David J. Smith
- P. 293-312. The Gatekeeper hinge concept and the promotion of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian new/postmodern security agendas / Paul Haltom
