Buch, Englisch, 347 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 586 g
ISBN: 978-981-97-5889-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
This edited volume brings together a series of papers on various facets of the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania which have not attracted much intellectual attention outside Europe, especially in South Asia. The countries regained independence in 1991 following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. They sought to secure themselves by joining the EU, NATO and the Eurozone. They are robust democracies registering steady economic growth with improved living standards and are leading hubs in the field of Information Technology. However, for these small states bordering Russia the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war brings existential fears. This volume analyses how these states with substantial number of Russian minorities are recalibrating their policies in this changing geopolitical landscape of an assertive and aggressive Russia. It provides an in-depth understanding of the Baltic countries focusing on their security concerns, regional cooperation, gender and minority issues and bi-lateral relations with emerging powers China and India.
The volume would be of immense value to scholars of International Relations, academics, journalists, researchers and policy makers.
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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Impact of the Ukraine War on Security in the Baltic region.- Chapter 3: Small States in a Transforming World: The Baltic Response to the War in Ukraine.- Chapter 4: Ukraine and Beyond: Understanding the Foreign Policy of the Baltic States.- Chapter 5: The Baltic States as Members: Accord and Discord in the EU and NATO.- Chapter 6: Beyond Asymmetry: The Ukraine War and the Baltics’ Role in Redefining EU-Russia Relations.- Chapter 7: Ukraine Crisis: Re-defining the Nordic-Baltic Security Outlook.- Chapter 8: Small States’ Agency in Preserving Liberal International Order: The Case of Lithuania’s Values-Based Foreign Policy towards the Indo-Pacific.- Chapter 9: The Baltics and China: Changing Equations.- Chapter 10: Regional identity at the critical juncture - how the Baltic Sea Region manages the punctuation of the post-Cold War equilibrium?.- Chapter 11: The Baltic Sea Region: Education, Research, Innovation and Training Policy in a Changing Europe.- Chapter 12: Changing Energy Dynamics in the Baltic Sea Region.- Chapter 13: India-Baltic Relations: From Reluctance to Evolving Engagement.- Chapter 14: India – Baltic Cultural Linkages.- Chapter 15: Gender Equality and Status of Women in the Baltics: A Work in Progress.- Chapter 16: The Lingering Question of Russian minorities in Baltic Nation-states.
