Nordic Swans and Baltic Cygnets

Archer, Clive

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“…The Baltic states' northern neighbours were active investors and assistance-givers in the 1990s having started their support for the Baltic states in 1990, following free and fair elections to the Baltic SSR Supreme Councils (Archer, 1999). At the same time, however, Sweden and Finland were careful to balance their relationship with Soviet leader Gorbachev with their support for the Baltic states, and were less openly gung-ho, pro-Baltic than Iceland and Denmark.…”

Section: Regional Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative Politics and Government of the Baltic States

Auers¹

2015

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Section: Regional Cooperationmentioning

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Comparative Politics and Government of the Baltic States

Auers¹

2015

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“…Additionally, the Nordic states have established themselves as important trade partners with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Already in 1995, they were the largest exporters and importers in the case of Estonia and the largest importers of Latvian goods (Archer, 1999).…”

Section: The Origins Of Environmental Cooperation In the Baltic Sea Rmentioning

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The protection of the sea as a cooperation area case in the Baltic Sea region

Melchiorre¹

2015

Regions and Cohesions

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This article investigates how the geopolitical interests of states in the Baltic Sea region have determined the emergence and the development of environmental cooperation around the Baltic Sea since the late 1970s. It is shown that the Nordic and the Baltic countries have played a key role in this process and that other actorsm such as the European Union and the United States, also influence environmental cooperation because their geopolitical interests contribute to shape the cooperative links in the region. The United Nations with its legislation and its policies reinforces cooperation in the field. It is also argued that the case of environment around the Baltic Sea is one of the rare successful attempts to establish closer links among states in a particular issue area during the Cold War in Europe. Spanish Este artículo investiga cómo los intereses geopolíticos de los estados de la región del Mar Báltico han determinado la aparición y el desarrollo de la cooperación medioambiental en torno al Mar Báltico desde finales de la década de los setenta. El artículo muestra que tanto los países nórdicos como los países bálticos han jugado un papel clave en este proceso, así como otros actores, entre ellos la Unión Europea y los Estados Unidos, los cuales han influido también en esta cooperación ambiental debido a que sus intereses geopolíticos contribuyeron a dar forma a los vínculos de cooperación en la región. Las Naciones Unidas, a través de su legislación y sus políticas, refuerzan la cooperación en este campo. También se argumenta que el caso de la cooperación medioambiental en el Mar Báltico es uno de los pocos intentos exitosos para establecer relaciones más estrechas entre los estados en un área particular durante la Guerra Fría en Europa. French L'article analyse la naissance et le développement de la coopération dans le domaine de l'environnement sous l'influence des intérêts géopolitiques des États dans la région de la Mer Baltique à partir des années 1970. Les pays nordiques et le pays baltes ont joué un rôle fondamental dans ce processus ainsi que l'UE et les États-Unis dont les intérêts géopolitiques contribuent à former la coopération régionale. Les Nations Unies renforcent la coopération dans ce domaine grâce à leur législation et à leurs politiques. Ce cas de coopération dans le domaine de l'environnement constitue une des rares tentatives réussies pour établir des liens étroits entre les États durant la période de la Guerre Froide en Europe.

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“…Within this context previous elements of Nordic superiority have remained apparent and not least in the clear desire to spread 'Nordic' norms to their southern neighbours. As Archer notes, drawing on Cold War benevolent self-identifications the Nordics have engaged with almost missionary zeal, seeing the reproduction of Nordic values, particularly of security, as the ultimate goal 9 . Seeing the Baltic States as the focus of a new Nordic mission to imbue the Balts with responsibility in international affairs, the Nordics constructed a discourse in which they were the authoritative teachers of knowledge, the Balts students.…”

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Exporting Idealism? The Prospects of Baltic Sea Region Cooperation after Enlargement

Browning¹

2005

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review

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With the dual enlargement of NATO and the EU to the Baltic States in 2004 the post-Cold War transition process in the Baltic Sea Region has begun to draw to a close. The article argues that this is posing questions for, and is likely to change, the character of cooperation within the region. During the 1990s it is argued regional cooperation was driven primarily by motivations of idealism and security, with one of the central elements of regional cooperation being its conceptualisation as a project of identity and subjectivity creation. With the transition process completed the key motivations behind this political project are becoming less important, with the result being that this idealistic element to regional cooperation is being replaced by more pragmatic, functionalist and self-interested aspects. However, whilst internally idealism, solidarity and internationalism are on the wane, it is argued these elements have not disappeared altogether but are increasingly becoming an accepted part of the international profile and identity of the region.

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Nordic Swans and Baltic Cygnets

Cited by 28 publications

References 3 publications

Comparative Politics and Government of the Baltic States

Comparative Politics and Government of the Baltic States

The protection of the sea as a cooperation area case in the Baltic Sea region

Exporting Idealism? The Prospects of Baltic Sea Region Cooperation after Enlargement

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