The Baltic states’ foreign policy goals and strategies regarding Russia in 1990s

  • Andrei A. Valodzkin Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Alademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

Unlike many other publications on the topic of the relations between the Baltic states and Russia, where authors focus mostly on Russian interests and goals in the region, this article presents the analysis from the perspective of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian interests and goals. The author reveals the main aims that defined policies of the Baltic states towards Russia in 1990s, demonstrates the dynamics of the issues, which constituted the agenda of Baltic-Russian relations in the appropriate period, analyses the strategies used by the Baltic states to implement their goals and interests regarding Russia and assesses their efficiency.

Author Biography

Andrei A. Valodzkin, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Alademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (history), docent; senior researcher at the Center of history of geopolitics, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, associate professor at the department of international relations, faculty of international relations, Belarusian State University

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Published
2019-02-10
Keywords: foreign policy, Baltic states, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia
How to Cite
Valodzkin, A. A. (2019). The Baltic states’ foreign policy goals and strategies regarding Russia in 1990s. Journal of the Belarusian State University. International Relations, 2, 32-39. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/internationalRelations/article/view/1332
Issue
No 2 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. International relations
Section
History of International Relations and Foreign Policy

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