The U.S. Foreign Policy Towards The Baltic States: The Implications Of Ukraine Crisis

Jakštaitė, Gerda

doi:10.2478/jobs-2019-0003

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“…The U.S. expects Lithuania and other Baltics to increase their own defence efforts. Strengthening defence does not merely refer to maintaining military spending at least 2% of GDP (Jakštaitė, 2019;Hooker, 2019). Therefore, Lithuania and other Baltic States have to do more to motivate their domestic societies to improve resilience and resistance capabilities to increase the cost of aggression.…”

Section: Changing Global and Regional Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence

Zdanavičius

Statkus

2020

Journal on Baltic Security

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In response to the power redistribution in the international system, the United States prepares for long-term Great power competition. It is aiming at strengthening America's network of alliances and partnerships in order to counter a rising China and revisionist Russia. The other states react to greater or lesser extent to the changing constraints and opportunities in the international system. The article examines how Lithuania, being a small state that belongs to the North Atlantic Alliance, is adapting to these systemic pressures. Current NATO's deterrence posture in the Baltic region is something akin to deterrence by the assured response – NATO is sending a signal that if the Russians attacked, NATO would respond in the Baltics. Lithuania, as well as other Baltic countries, has undertaken many legal, procedural, financial and technical measures to boost resilience and deterrence. However, there are not enough national or NATO military forces that would be able to counter conventional Russian forces deployed in the region. There are challenges such as air defence and control of the Baltic Sea. Also land forces are not present in adequate quantities. As a result, Lithuania has to strengthen its own capabilities with the help of the allied countries. It argued in the article that building up a total defence system in Lithuania would be a right effort in this regard.

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Section: Changing Global and Regional Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence

Zdanavičius

Statkus

2020

Journal on Baltic Security

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“…In general, the topic of the U.S.-Lithuanian relationship has been of scientific interest, but the majority of studies have used a broader approach looking at the perspective of the entire region of the Baltic States. Gerda Jakštaitė (Jakstaite, 2019;2011; analyzed bilateral relation aspects during different periods (Clinton vs Obama;post-2014), focused on the military domain and indicated there were positive changes from the U.S. strategies towards Lithuania. Vaidotas Urbelis (Urbelis, 2003; analyzed the U.S. Grand Strategy and its effect on Lithuania prior to 2004, explaining the evolution of LAF and its involvement in international operations.…”

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confidence: 99%

The U.S.–Lithuanian Defense Cooperation and Arms Acquisition from the U.S.

Palavenis¹

2021

Preprint

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The aim of the study is to characterize the U.S. and Lithuanian defense cooperation from 1990–2020 including arms procurements. Findings suggest close defense cooperation between countries at Presidential, Congressional, and Defense Ministry/Secretary levels. The most developed cooperation areas are joint participation in international operations, improvements of the Lithuanian Armed Forces’ capabilities, and an increase of the U.S. military presence in the Baltic region. An analysis of Lithuanian defense procurements between 1990–2020 indicates that the majority of defense armaments were acquired from the U.S. using the Foreign Military Sales venue while other options to obtain armaments were not used.

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“…The four-factor model confirms and extends previous research on the structure of foreign policy perceptions in the process. The article also shows how ESEM can evaluate the dimensionality and cross-national equivalence of social science principles 9 .…”

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The US Foreign Policy towards Eastern Europe: State of the Field

Kozachuk

Vasilescu²

2021

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The US foreign policy towards Eastern European countries, especially those that are members of the Eastern Partnership, is poorly understood. Therefore, the analysis of recent works (monographs and scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals) is necessary to write further research and increase Washington’s interest in the region. This paper aims to familiarize scholars with recent researches and help them evaluate the existing scholarship in the field. A systematic approach was used to filter the publications in the field. After 2014, very few scientific publications focused on the role and place of the United States concerning Eastern Europe. The most significant publications are singled out, the conclusions and summary of researches are offered for acquaintance. It is concluded that scholars do not widely cover the US policy towards Europe and individual states in Eastern Europe. We assume that more researches are being done in this area, but they are not published in peer-reviewed journals.

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The U.S. Foreign Policy Towards The Baltic States: The Implications Of Ukraine Crisis

Cited by 3 publications

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Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence

Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence

The U.S.–Lithuanian Defense Cooperation and Arms Acquisition from the U.S.

The US Foreign Policy towards Eastern Europe: State of the Field

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