Abstract
Russia’s escalation of its war on Ukraine in 2022 was met by immediate and strong opposition by the Baltic states after three decades long balancing and piecemeal econo- mic and political decoupling from Russia. Article examines changes that Russia related Baltic state foreign and domestic policy experienced in 2022. It deals with the rhetoric and actions of Baltic statesmen becoming more direct and tougher towards Russia, as well as how Estonia, Latvia and Lithua- nia are weighting in their full support to Ukraine, and finally how the Baltics themselves are untying themselves from the remainders of Russian ‘soft power’ grip.
Translated title of the contribution | No more nice guys: Baltic relations with Russia after 2022 |
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Original language | Portuguese (Brazil) |
Pages (from-to) | 25-33 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Relações Internacionais |
Issue number | 77 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords*
- Latvia
- Ukraine
- Russia
- War
- post-soviet
- Lithuania
- Estonia
- Baltic states
- foreign policy
Field of Science*
- 5.6 Political science
Publication Type*
- 1.2. Scientific article included in INT1 or INT2 category journal of ERIH database