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The Baltic States and their Region
New Europe or Old?
Series: - On the Boundary of Two Worlds, Volume: 3
Volume Editor:
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 ânewâ and âoldâ 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.
"The book is well written and provides very useful insight into the question and construction of the identity of the Baltic Sea States, particularly the Baltic States, but Finland and Russia as well." - in: Slavic and east European review (SEER) 85, 1 (2007)
"distinguishes itself by setting the discussion of current issues in a broader context ⦠The central questions of the book are highlighted in the editorâs tightly reasoned and well-informed introduction" - in: Slavic Review, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
"distinguishes itself by setting the discussion of current issues in a broader context ⦠The central questions of the book are highlighted in the editorâs tightly reasoned and well-informed introduction" - in: Slavic Review, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
Editorâs introduction
Christopher S. BROWNING: From âeast-westâ to ânew-Europe-old Europeâ: the American challenge to Finnish identity
DovilÄ BUDRYTÄ: Lithuaniaâs new (in)security: transatlantic tensions and the dilemma of dual loyalty
Pertti JOENNIEMI: The challenges of ânewâ and âoldâ: the case of Europeâs north
Marko LEHTI: Estonia and Latvia: A ânewâ Europe challenges the âoldâ?
Sergei JAKOBSON-OBOLENSKI: Overlapping ideological boundaries and transformations in the EU periphery: the Baltic States and Kaliningrad
Leonidas DONSKIS: The promise of certainty, safety and security in an uncertain, unsafe and insecure world: the emergence of Lithuanian populism
Charles WOOLFSON: Labour rights, social conflict and cohesion in accession Lithuania: implications for EU enlargement
Dirk CROLS: Old and new minorities on the international checkboard: from League to Union
David J. SMITH: Non-territorial cultural autonomy as a Baltic contribution to Europe between the wars
Martyn HOUSDEN: Cultural autonomy in Estonia: one of historyâs âcuriositiesâ?
Helen M. MORRIS: The non-citizens of the EU
Viatcheslav MOROZOV: The Baltic States and Russia in the new Europe: a neo-Gramscian perspective on the global and the local
Paul HOLTOM: The gatekeeper âhingeâ concept and the promotion of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian new/postmodern security agendas
Eero MIKENBERG: Estonian-Russian cross-border cooperation: the warning example of Tartu-Pskov
Christopher S. BROWNING: From âeast-westâ to ânew-Europe-old Europeâ: the American challenge to Finnish identity
DovilÄ BUDRYTÄ: Lithuaniaâs new (in)security: transatlantic tensions and the dilemma of dual loyalty
Pertti JOENNIEMI: The challenges of ânewâ and âoldâ: the case of Europeâs north
Marko LEHTI: Estonia and Latvia: A ânewâ Europe challenges the âoldâ?
Sergei JAKOBSON-OBOLENSKI: Overlapping ideological boundaries and transformations in the EU periphery: the Baltic States and Kaliningrad
Leonidas DONSKIS: The promise of certainty, safety and security in an uncertain, unsafe and insecure world: the emergence of Lithuanian populism
Charles WOOLFSON: Labour rights, social conflict and cohesion in accession Lithuania: implications for EU enlargement
Dirk CROLS: Old and new minorities on the international checkboard: from League to Union
David J. SMITH: Non-territorial cultural autonomy as a Baltic contribution to Europe between the wars
Martyn HOUSDEN: Cultural autonomy in Estonia: one of historyâs âcuriositiesâ?
Helen M. MORRIS: The non-citizens of the EU
Viatcheslav MOROZOV: The Baltic States and Russia in the new Europe: a neo-Gramscian perspective on the global and the local
Paul HOLTOM: The gatekeeper âhingeâ concept and the promotion of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian new/postmodern security agendas
Eero MIKENBERG: Estonian-Russian cross-border cooperation: the warning example of Tartu-Pskov