LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Dalyvavimas; Lietuvos gynybos politika; Lietuvos kariuomenė; Tarptautinės misijos; International missions; Lithuanian defence policy; Lithuanian military; The participation.
ENIn this chapter, the record of Lithuanian participation in international military operations and the future of this policy area is evaluated from all three perspectives: legitimacy, interests and resources. The ultimate goal of this analysis is to identify the main dilemmas that the changing global environment poses to Lithuanian defence policy-makers and possibly suggest a few solutions to those dilemmas. The shifts in global security environment that will shape the future landscape of international military operations and effect Lithuania’s military deployments are discussed elsewhere in this book; most important of them are the growth of Russian revisionism, emerging multipolarity of the international system (including the rise of China), and possible decline and / or isolationism of current global hegemon, the United States of America. [Extract, p. 327]