Lithuania's balancing act
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Gynyba; Karo prievolė; NATO; Nacionalinis saugumas; Tarptautiniai susitarimai; Tarptautiniai įsipareigojimai; Teritorinė gynyba; Šauktiniai; Conscription; International obligations; Lithuania; NATO; National security; Territorial defence,conscription; Territorial defense.
ENSince regaining independence in 1990 and creating its regular armed forces, Lithuania has had to do a balancing act. It has had to balance between different approaches of state defence, military structure, collective and national defence. Due to events in Ukraine Lithuania had to reconfigure this balance. The Russian threat forced to emphasize strategy of territorial defence, which altogether required tying up forces and enlarging its numbers by bringing back conscription, substantially increased defence budget, followed by higher tempo and scale in procurement and training. However, Lithuania has managed to maintain its activity and participation in international military operations and political initiatives. Its recent contributions have led to an assumption that its participation in various military missions in the future will not diminish, quite the opposite. Increasing the framework of cooperation in terms of defence and security initiatives will involve Lithuania more deeply and will require further contributions. [From the publication]
- Lithuanian military transformation and changing efficiency of defence / Deividas Šlekys. Lithuania in the global context: national security and defence policy dilemmas / by editors Irmina Matonytė, Giedrius Česnakas and Nortautas Statkus. Vilnius: General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, 2020. P. 307-325.
- Lithuania's total defense review / by Dalia Bankauskaitė and Deividas Šlekys. Prism (Washington, D.C). 2023, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 54-77.
