Changes in the security environment  of the Baltic States

Mariusz Antoni Kamiński

doi:10.34752/vpcm-z213

Mariusz Antoni Kamiński Akademia Sztuki Wojennej, Warszawa, Polska https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9395-9744

Abstrakt

The main aim of the article is to analyze the security environment of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The author presents the security dilemmas of the Baltic States before their accession to NATO in 2004 (based on the example of the Republic of Estonia). Subsequently, the author shows the changes that have occurred in the security systems of the Baltic states since the beginning of the hybrid war in Ukraine in 2014. The author also draws attention to key security problems and points to Polish experiences that could be successfully adopted by Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

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