Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence
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...
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ftlitinstagrecon:oai:elaba:80489800 2023-05-15T17:34:12+02:00 Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence Zdanavičius, Liudas Statkus, Nortautas 2020 application/pdf http://lka.oai.elaba.lt/documents/80489800.pdf http://lka.lvb.lt/LKA:ELABAPDB80489800&prefLang=en_US eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2478/jobs-2020-0009 http://lka.oai.elaba.lt/documents/80489800.pdf http://lka.lvb.lt/LKA:ELABAPDB80489800&prefLang=en_US info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Journal on Baltic Security, Sciendo, 2020, Vol 6, No.2, p. 1-21 eISSN 2382-9230 Great power competition total defence societal resilience resistance info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftlitinstagrecon https://doi.org/10.2478/jobs-2020-0009 2021-12-02T01:06:06Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic LAEI VL (Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics Virtual Library) Journal on Baltic Security 6 2 47 67 |
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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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Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence |
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Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence |
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Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence |
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Strengthening Resilience of Lithuania in an Era of Great Power Competition: The Case for Total Defence |
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