This article is centered on the opportunities of small states in the emerging imperial world order. Particularly, policy options for Lithuania as a small state in the evolving new international arena are explored. The authors present a brief analysis of theoretical studies and historical researches on the empires and the roles of small states in imperial structures. The article focuses on the current characteristics of the U.S., Russia, and the EU core countries. This permits one to draw a conclusion concerning the imperial developments in domestic and foreign policies of these geopolitical actors. Having completed this analysis, the authors cautiously investigate foreign policy options for Lithuania that possibly follow from the interplay of the projects of the liberal global empire of American neoconservatives, projects of enhanced cooperation of the EU core and Putins policies to reintegrate CIS states under Russian domination.
Ar galima etniSkumo ir nacionalizmo teorijv sintezkSio straipsnio tikslas yra trumpai aptarti bei kritiSkai jvertinti egzistuojanEias pagrindines etniSkumo ir nacionalizmo teorijy grupes ir kartu pabandyti nubreiti galimos pastaryjy integracijos biidus. EtniSkumas suprantamas kaip jvairialypis reiSkinys, kurio paaiSkinimo bandoma ieikoti sudetingoje geny, psichikos, sociumo ir kultiiros sqveikoje. 0 nacionalizmas apibreiiamas kaip politine ideologija, teigianti etnosy ir valstybiy sieny vienybq, kuri susiformuoja kaip modernizacijos procesy rezultatas.
The authors present the geopolitical analysis of global, regional and local (in the Eastern Baltics) situation for the 2001-2003 period. It is asserted that during this period the United States, Israel and Russia (in some areas) have received the biggest gains, at least in geostrategic terms. In the course of the counter-terrorist global campaign, EU countries have been divided on the issue of the war against Iraq and that, which has prevented consolidation of the common EU foreign, security and defence policies.China has vigorously sought to entrench itself in the East Asia and the regions that attain less attention from the West by conducting a very rational strategy of co-operation with the USA as the only superpower. China has tried to secure its peaceful external setting, influx of foreign investments, and the arrival of innovative technologies that are necessary for the growth of its economy.While seeking to take hold of the borders of the continental geostrategic zone (heartland), Russia has only partially restored its influence in the CIS countries. Russia still cant do that in the Baltic States, though it attempts to weaken their structural power.
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