1st Edition

Foreign Policy Analysis of a Baltic State Lithuania and 'Grybauskaitė Doctrine'

By Tomas Janeliūnas Copyright 2021
254 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Lithuanian foreign policy by employing the theory of small states and the agent-perspective to assess how President Dalia Grybauskaitė impacted Lithuanian foreign policy in 2009–2019 and which, in turn, could affect changes in international structures. The book is based on original interviews with Grybauskaitė and all her foreign policy advisors, as... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction

PART I

Chapter 2. Theoretical Background: Structures, Agents and Small State Strategies in Foreign Policy

Chapter 3. Lithuanian Foreign Policy Process and the Role of the President

PART II

Chapter 4. The Baltic States: Between Cooperation and Competition

Chapter 5. Russia: The Reset that Never Was

Chapter 6. Relations with the USA: CIA Prison, Defensive Plans, Obama, and Trump

Chapter 7. Relationship Status with Poland: ‘It’s Complicated’

Chapter 8. Ukraine: The Revolution that Started in Vilnius

Chapter 9. The European Union and the Search for Leadership: from the Nordic Countries to Germany

Chapter 10. Relationship with Israel

Chapter 11. Conclusions: Lithuanian Foreign Policy Changes and Grybauskaitė’s Legacy

Biography

Dr. Tomas Janeliūnas has been a full-time professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS), Vilnius University, since 2015.