Transatlantic relations and Lithuania: unfinished issues of security

The present article deals with the problem, often discussed in the public sphere, of the decreased attention that the USA gives to Lithuania and to the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on the whole, discusses the changing international environment, USA’s “pivot to Asia” and possible change...

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Published in:Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review
Main Author: Trainauskienė, Sigita
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling ftlithuaniansrc:oai:elaba:3333582 2023-05-15T17:35:28+02:00 Transatlantic relations and Lithuania: unfinished issues of security Trainauskienė, Sigita 2013 http://ktu.lvb.lt/KTU:ELABAPDB3333582&prefLang=en_US eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2478/v10243-012-0023-2 http://ktu.lvb.lt/KTU:ELABAPDB3333582&prefLang=en_US Lithuanian annual strategic review 2012-2013, Vilnius : Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija, 2013, Vol. 11, iss. 1, p. 55-079 ISSN 1648-8024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2013 ftlithuaniansrc https://doi.org/10.2478/v10243-012-0023-2 2021-12-02T01:15:31Z The present article deals with the problem, often discussed in the public sphere, of the decreased attention that the USA gives to Lithuania and to the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on the whole, discusses the changing international environment, USA’s “pivot to Asia” and possible changes in the US foreign policy during the time of President Obama’s second term of office. The article states that Lithuania, being interested in the vitality of transatlantic relations, should consider the issue of “winning back” the USA’s attention to the region and to Europe as a whole, by assessing the issues of security to be solved. The research shows that even with a decade of its membership in Euro-Atlantic structures, Lithuania has not been fully integrated into the transatlantic security community. On the basis of a theoretical perspective of a small state and neoclassical realism, the article deals with the external and internal factors explaining the state’s foreign policy, analyzes Lithuania’s possible behavior in an international space, including the North Atlantic Alliance. In recent years NATO has been confronted not only with the global threats of the 21st century but also with a “burden share” problem that is becoming ever more acute. The situation of Lithuania’s security as to the guarantees of collective defense provided by the Alliance is assessed as the best one since the restoration of Independence; however, this does not release it from the necessity to widely develop its own defense capacities. Even though Europe constantly underlines the importance of transatlantic relations and intensive economic-trade relations with the USA, it has not developed a common attitude to its relations with the USA. Taking into consideration the present-day challenges, Europe needs a more global, more strategic attitude. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic LSRC VL (Lithuanian Social Research Centre Virtual Library) Pivot ENVELOPE(-30.239,-30.239,-80.667,-80.667) Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review 11 1 55 79
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