BALTIC SECURITY, DOMESTIC FACTORS

In: Arms control: the journal of arms control and disarmament, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 405-423

Abstract

HOW MANY DEVELPMENTS IN THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF THE BALTIC STATES AFFECT THEIR SECURITY? THIS ARTICLE TAKES A SIMPLE APPROACH. AFTER SETTING OUT A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE, IT GIVES A DESCRIPTION, THAN AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DOMESTIC FACTORS FOR BALTIC SECURITY. IT EXAMINES THE BALTIC DOMESTIC SYSTEMS, POLITICAL TRENDS TODAY, AND, AN ANALYSIS OF THE STATE. IT CONCLUDES THAT THE SOUTH-EAST BALTIC COAST MUST BECOME A MULTILATERALIZED SECURITY AREA, NO LONGER A SPHERE OF INTEREST RESERVED TO ONE POWER.