Integration Policy and Outcomes for the Russian-Speaking Minority in Estonia
Journal: Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
Year: 2017

Estonia’s integration policy vis-à-vis its Russian-speaking residents was developed and reformed several times since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. While comparative data from the international community certainly indicates that Estonia has progressed in the realm of social, political and societal integration, the ‘success’ for each individual policy is now increasingly measured—and contested— within broader considerations of geopolitical security and minority rights. The authors c