Security Culture of Lithuania
Security Culture of Lithuania

Summary/Abstract: Employing the concept of security culture the article aims to define key features of Lithuanian security policy and to explain the rationale of its main security directions. In the first section of the article the model of analysis is described and four key variables are identified. Later on the narrative evolves around two allegories of Hobbesian and Kantian cultures which are juxtaposed and reflected in all subsequent sections of the article: fundamental premises of the nature of the international system, the nature of threats, a strategy and instruments to fight threats, and main partners (in the field of security) in the international affairs. The main argument of the article is that Lithuanian security policy, in particular its part directed towards Russia, is strongly influenced by the Hobbesian side of Lithuanian security culture, developed throughout the tumultuous history and triggered by the size and geographical position of the country.

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