On the Road to the Second Century: The Geopolitical Future of the Baltic States in the Visions of Politicians and Political Scientists
Journal: Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review
Year: 2018

After they had emerged as national republics in 1918, the Baltic states spent the first hundred years of their independence as small, isolated, poorly defended countries that sought to foster their national identity nonetheless. Geopolitically speaking, they had little influence on their environment, rather constituting an area of geopolitical interests of other states. The geopolitical visions of the 21st century picture them as part of an integrated Euro-Atlantic space with good potential to b