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The article presents the use of the ARDL model to identify military expenditure determinants of the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia). Factors influencing military expenditure include the variables characterizing the economic environment of the analyzed countries (GDP per Capita, Government Deficit/Surplus, General Government Gross Debt, Inflation), and the security environment measured by Risk of Foreign Pressures, Risk of Cross-border Conflict, and Democratic Accountability. General conclusions about the analysis of relationships between the military expenditure level and selected economics and security determinants were confirmed in the cases of Government Deficit/Surplus, GDP per Capita and Inflation. The results, therefore, indicate that the military expenditure of Estonia and Lithuania depended on the state budget deficit where military expenditure tended to go down in relation to an increasing deficit within the assessed period. As far as Estonia is concerned, the findings about relationship between the economic position and military expenditure was validated as an increasing economic performance tended to increase military expenditure.

Defence strategies of smaller NATO states represent interesting source of information about defence policies of this pool of countries. Definition of what constitutes "small state" is discussed in first step. In second step, this study compares 10 selected NATO countries Defence Strategies in terms of identified risks and threats, future military capabilities to counter threats, processes of drafting defence papers, level of details and approving authorities. Outlining these indicators and characteristics provide useful overview for future draft of National defence strategies within countries of similar size.

Tento text se zabývá procesem vyzbrojování gruzínské armády a tím, jaký vliv na něj mají snahy země stát se členem NATO. Autoři mají za to, že gruzínské prozápadní ambice by se mělo odrážet také v procesu materiálního zásobování. Autoři se věnují časovému období mezi lety 2003 a 2008, kdy růst výdajů na armádu dosáhl svého maxima. Text ukazuje, že na nákup západního vybavení bylo v tomto období zaměřeno jen několik málo akvizic a že gruzínské vojenské akvizice neodrážejí deklarované směřování země vůči Západu a NATO.

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