Decoupling from the East Toward the West? Analyses of Spillovers to the Baltic Countries

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsley Isitua Obiora
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
The Baltic

scholarly journals UKRAINE BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR WITH RUSSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Ilie Răsvan DUMITRU
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Soviet Bloc ◽  
The West ◽  
Crimean Peninsula ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
Limited Warfare ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Peace And War

  After the Crimean Peninsula was invaded and the amplification of conflicts in South-Eastern Ukraine, it has become obvious that Russia's policy is concentrated on preserving its influence and strategic control over the decisions and political directions taken by the States from the former Soviet bloc. To understand the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the West, as well as to anticipate and counteract a possible future evolution of similar events not only in geopolitical risk states such as Moldavia, but also even in NATO members such as the Baltic countries, Romania or Bulgaria, it is worth paying attention to the geopolitical consequences of the loss of Crimea and the South-Eastern provinces by Ukraine. The article analyses the reason, mechanisms and stakes behind the Russian-Ukrainian war, from both a geopolitical and historical perspective. To understand the way in which different hybrid instruments can be used by the Russian Federation to influence the States in its proximity and, in particular, how their combination leads to effective satisfaction of the aims, it is useful to assess and address the systemic risks and vulnerabilities of States in the concerned areas of Russia and the West in recent years.   Keywords: Ukraine; Russian Federation; Crimea; Russian-Ukrainian war; hybrid warfare; limited warfare; maskirovka.

scholarly journals Two civilizations: the relations of Russia and Western Europe at the beginning of the 21st century

Baltic Region ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 132-141
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Gutorov ◽  
Alexander A. Shirinyants ◽  
Andrei Yu. Shutov
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
The Urals ◽  
The West ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Charles De Gaulle ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
System Today ◽  
De Gaulle

The challenges of building relations between two different civilizations, which Samuel Huntington and Lev Gumilev wrote about, are currently becoming more obvious due to the cardinal geopolitical and geoeconomic changes that have taken place since the demise the USSR and the world socialist system. Today, in the West, as if in contrast to the famous project by Charles de Gaulle —“Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals”, an extremely negative image of Russia is being formed. Western ideologists stick to the axiom according to which despotism and slavery, allegedly being the basis of Russia's internal order, inevitably give rise to aggression in relations with the outside world. Of course, these ideas do not take into account the ongoing socio-economic changes in the country and have little to do with modern realities. They are a mere reproduction of the old Western xenophobic moods going back to the time when Russophobia was widely spread in a number of leading European countries. The article explores historical roots of Russophobia and their manifestations at the beginning of the XXI century in Poland and the Baltic countries.

The Rite of Beauty: an introduction to the music of Leonid Desyatnikov

Tempo ◽  
2002 ◽  
pp. 20-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Manulkina
Keyword(s):  
Female Voice ◽  
String Orchestra ◽  
The West ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
Original Works ◽  
Alfred Schnittke ◽  
Russian Composers ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Rare Instance

Leonid Desyatnikov is one of the most successful Russian composers of his generation and one of the most distinctive and individual on the contemporary Russian scene. He represents a rare instance of a contemporary composer in his mid-forties who has had all his works performed, some of them on many occasions. In the West, his music has been played by the Deutsche Sym-phony and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. His vocal cycle Five poems by F. Tyutchev has been performed recently in London and Aldeburgh. Beginning in the mid-1990s, Gidon Kremer became the main champion of Desyatnikov's music; he has commissioned, performed and recorded a number of Desyatnikov's original works as well as his arrangements of Astor Piazzolla's music. To date, Kremer has performed Desyatnikov's Russian Seasons, for violin, female voice and string orchestra, composed in 2000, fifteen times in Europe, the Baltic countries and Russia. On 1 May 2002, he will present its American premiére at Carnegie Hall. The fact that Kremer, who earlier brought the music of such composers as Alfred Schnittke and Sofia Gubaidulina to international attent ion, has now ‘chosen’ Desyatnikov speaks volumes for the quality of the music.

scholarly journals Researching Baltic security challenges after the annexation of Crimea

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viljar Veebel
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
The West ◽  
Military Studies ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
Security Models ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThe article aims to provide an insight into academic and military studies that investigate security challenges in the Baltic region after the annexation of Crimea. To do this in a systematic way, numerous academic and military studies and analyses in this field are divided into six broad categories: literature on conventional threat scenarios in the Baltic region; studies on nuclear escalation scenarios; publications that describe Russian viewpoints in the current confrontation with the West; studies that discuss security policy and security perceptions of the Baltic countries and the national security models of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; studies on anti-access and area denial; and articles that analyse the dilemmas and challenges in association with understanding the essence of deterrence in the context of modern hybrid warfare and the build-up of a viable deterrence model in the Baltic region. In total, about 40 publications from the period between 2014 and 2019 are represented in this article. While some studies are already well known, others have undeservedly remained somewhat overlooked. This article attempts to correct this by highlighting and comparing the results of the most interesting and intriguing studies in this field. Through this, the author strived to maintain a balance between studies conducted both by military experts and by academics.

«Пoлeзныe Идиoты» Глaзaми Пoлякa

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-108
Author(s):  
Petr Cheremushkin (Пётp Чepёмушкин )
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
The United States ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
The West ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
The Baltic

This is a review essay of Dariusz Tołczyk’s book Gułag w oczach Zachodu (The Gulag in the Eyes of the West), which was published in Polish in 2009. This controversial work examines the question of why, for at least the first half of the twentieth century, the West has turned a blind eye to the Stalinist repression. Tołczyk notes that the West paid little attention to the complaints of the Baltic countries and Poland about Stalin’s Great Terror. The reviewer states that the formation of an improved Western image of first Soviet Russia and then the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Gorbachev years by a West that is currently worried about the Putin regime, is Tołczyk’s, a Polish author residing in the United States, main theme.

scholarly journals PIH13 Consumption of Drugs for the Treatment of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia in Ukraine Compared to the Baltic Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. S541
Author(s):  
L. Iakovlieva ◽  
O. Tkachova ◽  
N. Bezditko ◽  
O. Gerasymova ◽  
T. Bahlai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia ◽  
Prostate Hyperplasia ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Benign Prostate

scholarly journals The Influence of Manganese on Growth Processes of Hordeum L. (Poaceae) Seedlings

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1009
Author(s):  
Kirill Tkachenko ◽  
Irina Kosareva ◽  
Marina Frontasyeva
Keyword(s):  
Plant Genetic Resources ◽  
Acid Resistance ◽  
Normal Growth ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Acidic Soils ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
The Baltic

Manganese, as one of the xenobionts, belongs to the group of heavy metals, which, in high concentrations, can negatively affect the development of plants. In small concentrations, it is necessary for plants for normal growth and development. It is present in soils and is available to plants to varying degrees. In acidic soils, it often acts as a toxic element, and plants do not develop well and can even die. Screening major crops for manganese tolerance is essential. Based on the analysis of the collection of barley (Hordeum L., Poaceae), the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) presented data that manganese-tolerant varieties and samples are concentrated in western and northern countries with a wide distribution of soils with low pH levels and high contents of mobile manganese. It follows from the diagnostic results that the maximum number of barley genotypes resistant to manganese is concentrated in Sweden, Finland, the northwestern and northern regions of the CIS countries, and the Russian Federation. In most cases, the samples tolerant to Al showed resistance to Mn as well, which is of great interest for further study of the mechanisms of plant resistance to these stressors. As a rule, samples from the northern territories—zones of distribution of acidic soils—were highly resistant. In this case, the role of the species belonging to the sample was leveled out. The highlighted areas (Scandinavia (Finland, Sweden), northern and northwestern regions of Russia, Belarus, and the Baltic countries) are sources of germplasm valuable for selection for acid resistance of barley.

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