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1. Lietuvos geopolitines orientacijos pakeitimas ir Vilniaus susigrazinimo planas.

Author

Veilentiene, Audrone

Subjects
*GEOPOLITICS, *TWENTIETH century, *INTERNATIONAL relations, LITHUANIAN history
Abstract

The article analyses the causes and circumstances of Lithuania's geopolitical orientation; attempts are also made to clarify the means by which Lithuania hoped to regain Vilnius as capital. Vilnius issue was the main problem of Lithuania's foreign policy in 1918-1940, which defined the state's geopolitical orientation. Till 1925, Lithuania declared its orientation towards the Entente and the Baltic states; however, later it turned to the former USSR and Germany, the countries which also had territorial claims on Poland. When in 1923 the Conference of Ambassadors decreed to attach Vilnius region to Poland, Lithuania started considering the possibilities to change its geopolitical orientation; and on June 12, 1925, the Cabinet of Ministers accepted the final decision to orient the country's geopolitical policy towards the USSR and Germany block rather than towards the Entente. The leaders of the Party of National Progress, who were in the opposition then and were influenced by the USSR Embassy, supported and encouraged this orientation; the ruling Christian Democrats, meanwhile, adopted a hesitant policy and made attempts to raise Vilnius issue at international institutions. Various organizations and their representatives came up with the plans how to regain Vilnius by diplomatic, political and military means. J. Purickis' suggestion was to stage a rebellion of national minorities - the Lithuanians, the Belarussians, the Ukrainians and the Germans - in Poland and in concert with exterior forces to regain Vilnius. Up to 1927 this plan was supported by the Special Department of Lithuania's National Guards; its activities were coordinated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-Minister of the Defence Ministry. Further historical events serve as a proof of Lithuania's changed geopolitical orientation; in 1939, Lithuania rejected Germany's proposal to regain Vilnius region and accepted this region from the USSR together with the USSR military garrisons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011

2. Lithuanian foreign policy formation and the factors of identity

Author

Beržiūnas, Valentinas and Jakniūnaitė, Dovilė

Subjects
Lithuania, foreign policy, constructivism, identity
Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

Published
2017

3. Lietuvos užsienio politikos formavimo tapatybiniai veiksniai

Author

Beržiūnas, Valentinas and Jakniūnaitė, Dovilė

Subjects
Lithuania, foreign policy, constructivism, identity
Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

Published
2017

4. Lietuvos Respublikos neutraliteto problema.

Author

Gaigalaite, Aldona

Subjects
*NONFICTION, *CAUSES of World War II, *NEUTRALITY, LITHUANIAN history, 1918-1945, LITHUANIAN politics & government, 1918-1945
Abstract

This article presents a review of Algimantas Kasparavicius's "Lietuva 1938-1939 m. Neutraliteto iliuzijos" (Lithuania in 1938-1939: the illusion of neutrality), published in 2010, which examines Lithuania's policy of neutrality prior to World War II in the context of the policies of its Baltic, Soviet, and European neighbors, and Lithuania's limitations in terms of political and military power in following this course.

Published
2011