Lithuania's Lonely Leadership 2.0.
The article scrutinizes Lithuanian foreign policy within the framework of the regional leadership concept first introduced in the early 2000s. The reasons of failure of the first leadership attempt in 2004—2008 are analyzed, as are the reasons behind the revival of the concept in 2010 and onwards. W...
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Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
2015-06-01
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| description | The article scrutinizes Lithuanian foreign policy within the framework of the regional leadership concept first introduced in the early 2000s. The reasons of failure of the first leadership attempt in 2004—2008 are analyzed, as are the reasons behind the revival of the concept in 2010 and onwards. While the overall economy seems to be on the mend and the relationships with the adjacent countries (Poland, mostly) are improving, Lithuanian leadership, argues the author, is still very much a subcontract one: it follows the model of “export democracy”, has a narrow agenda and is implicitly geared towards curtailing the influence of its eastern neighbor. The escalation of violence and further development of social and economic crisis in Ukrane make a European-style reform (where Lithuania is a selfproclaimed expert) even less relevant, and confrontational rhetoric towards Russia may lead to economic losses and contribute to rising political tension in the region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b471d8c0c264d0e883a7313ba202f682022-12-22T01:48:27ZengImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityBaltic Region2079-85552310-05242015-06-0172132010.5922/2079-8555-2015-2-2Lithuania's Lonely Leadership 2.0.Karabeshkin Leonid0Euroacademy,The article scrutinizes Lithuanian foreign policy within the framework of the regional leadership concept first introduced in the early 2000s. The reasons of failure of the first leadership attempt in 2004—2008 are analyzed, as are the reasons behind the revival of the concept in 2010 and onwards. While the overall economy seems to be on the mend and the relationships with the adjacent countries (Poland, mostly) are improving, Lithuanian leadership, argues the author, is still very much a subcontract one: it follows the model of “export democracy”, has a narrow agenda and is implicitly geared towards curtailing the influence of its eastern neighbor. The escalation of violence and further development of social and economic crisis in Ukrane make a European-style reform (where Lithuania is a selfproclaimed expert) even less relevant, and confrontational rhetoric towards Russia may lead to economic losses and contribute to rising political tension in the region.https://journals.kantiana.ru/upload/iblock/0f6/Karabeshkin_13-20.pdfLithuainiaforeign policyregional leadershipPost-Soviet spaceenergy securityRussian-Lithuanian relations |
| spellingShingle | Karabeshkin Leonid Lithuania's Lonely Leadership 2.0. Baltic Region Lithuainia foreign policy regional leadership Post-Soviet space energy security Russian-Lithuanian relations |
| title | Lithuania's Lonely Leadership 2.0. |
| title_full | Lithuania's Lonely Leadership 2.0. |
| title_fullStr | Lithuania's Lonely Leadership 2.0. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lithuania's Lonely Leadership 2.0. |
| title_short | Lithuania's Lonely Leadership 2.0. |
| title_sort | lithuania s lonely leadership 2 0 |
| topic | Lithuainia foreign policy regional leadership Post-Soviet space energy security Russian-Lithuanian relations |
| url | https://journals.kantiana.ru/upload/iblock/0f6/Karabeshkin_13-20.pdf |
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