Survival against the Odds

The Baltic States at 100

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4210148
AutoresAndres Kasekamp (0009-0004-7269-5910, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume78
Fascículo3
Páginas640-647
Data de publicação2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSlavic Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/slr.2019.225
OpenAlexW2989271054
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas13

This essay examines how Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have managed to secure their independence and analyzes how they have dealt with the internal and external challenges to their state-building efforts. It compares the first period of statehood between the two world wars with the current period of independence beginning with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Among the critical external tasks they have faced were deterring former imperial powers, fostering regional cooperation and gaining a voice in international organizations. Internally, consolidating democratic systems and integration of ethnic minorities have been the two most significant challenges

Democracy · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Ethnic group · Independence (probability theory · Independent state · Odds · Period (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Soviet union · State (computer science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies