The Baltic States and Their Region: New Europe Or Old?David James Smith With EU and NATO membership for the Baltic States now a reality, this volume examines the relationship of the three countries, their constituent peoples and their surrounding region to the wider Europe, both historically and in the period since 1991. In particular, the contributors seek to locate the Baltic area within the manifold debates surrounding the concepts of "new" and "old" Europe, including those occasioned by the current conflict in Iraq. Covering issues of identity, sovereignty, minority rights, security and relations with Russia the work assesses the likely contribution of this region to an enlarged Euro-Atlantic community. It will appeal to specialists and students in the fields of area studies, history, politics and international relations. |
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transatlantic tensions and the dilemma of dual loyalty | 41 |
the case of Europes north | 67 |
A new Europe challenges the old? | 87 |
the Baltic States and Kaliningrad | 115 |
the emergence of Lithuanian populism | 143 |
implications for EU enlargement | 159 |
from League to Union | 185 |
Nonterritorial cultural autonomy as a Baltic contribution to Europe between the wars | 211 |
one of historys curiosities? | 227 |
The noncitizens of the EU | 251 |
a neoGramscian perspective on the global and the local | 275 |
The gatekeeper hinge concept and the promotion of Estonian Latvian and Lithuanian newpostmodern security agendas | 293 |
the warning example of TartuPskov | 313 |
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