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In this book, international experts assess the components of the Baltic security puzzle by placing the security and political interests of the states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania within the historical, economic, and political narratives of the greater Baltic region. They first reevaluate Baltic history as a progression of conflict, partial integration, Cold War division, up to today's efforts to build a security community. Next, they focus on economic and social relations by contrasting patterns of democratization, domestic politics, EU membership, and the economics of crime. Lastly, they analyze military security and evolving regional perceptions of threats as well as the dynamics of alliance behavior and the recent geostrategic clashes unearthed by Russia's behavior in Ukraine.

BALTIC STATES--FOREIGN RELATIONS --- BALTIC STATES--NATIONAL SECURITY --- BALTIC STATES--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

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Histories of Public Diplomacy and Nation Branding in the Nordic and Baltic Countries provides an historical perspective on public diplomacy and nation branding in the Nordic and Baltic countries from 1900 to the present day. It highlights continuity and change in the efforts to strategically represent these nations abroad, and shows how a self-understanding of being peripheral has led to similarities in the deployed practices throughout the Nordic-Baltic region. Edited by Louis Clerc, Nikolas Glover and Paul Jordan, the volume examines a range of actors that have attempted to influence foreign opinions and strengthen their country’s political and commercial position. Variously labelled propaganda, information, diplomacy and branding, these constant efforts to enhance the national image abroad have affected how the nation has been imagined in the domestic context.

Cultural diplomacy --- History. --- Scandinavia --- Baltic States --- Scandinavia --- Baltic States --- Relations. --- Relations. --- Foreign public opinion. --- Foreign public opinion.

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"Tracing the development of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania over the last quarter century, this text considers the political history and the impact of the Soviet era on the modern states and compares institutional choices made since 1991. It analyses parties and electoral systems, as well as the development of civil society, the impact of corruption, and the enduring ethnic issues caused by un-integrated large Russophone minorities in Estonia and Latvia. Addressing key issues such as economic development in the region and the Baltic states' search for security, it offers a new perspective on the unique Baltic social model that has emerged over the last quarter century"--

Post-communism --- Civil society --- Postcommunisme --- Société civile --- Baltic States --- Baltic States --- Pays baltes --- Pays baltes --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions sociales

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"This PhD thesis discusses the practices of wealth depositing in the 1st-9th century AD eastern Baltic (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Wealth deposits are one or more valued object/s that is/are hidden deliberately as an intended separate deposition in a selected place in a specific, distinguishable manner. Wealth depositing is regarded as an important cultural practice which relates to and derives from various past social phenomena and changes respectively in spatial and temporal terms. It is emphasised that wealth deposits should be analysed as a cohesive corpus of material, regardless of specific artefact types, functional groups, production material, environment of concealment, and most importantly without any predetermined interpretation categorisations. The dissertation presents different patterned practices of concealing valuables in the 1st-9th century AD eastern Baltic through a detailed contextual analysis of their main material characteristics: artefacts, their assemblages and appearance, environment of concealment, chronology and location in the cultural landscape. The study demonstrates how depositional practices change in time and space, and analyses relations between specific depositional practices and developments on a wider social scale. A comparative analysis of wealth deposits and important social changes in contemporary society based on overall archaeological material is presented. The key regional and cross-regional practices of wealth depositing in the 1st-9th century AD eastern Baltic are identified. Additionally, further comparisons are drawn between depositional practices in the eastern Baltic and other parts of the Baltic Sea region, especially Scandinavia."--Page 4 of cover.

Wealth --- Affluence --- Distribution of wealth --- Fortunes --- Riches --- Business --- Economics --- Finance --- Capital --- Money --- Property --- Well-being --- History --- Baltic States --- Baltic Republics --- Baltics (States) --- History. --- Antiquities. --- To 1500

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Economics --- Baltic States --- European Union countries --- Economic policy --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- EU countries --- Euroland --- Europe --- Baltic Republics --- Baltics (States) --- Economics. --- Economic policy. --- European Union countries. --- Baltic States. --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Political aspects --- Baltics