Rakstu krājums "Willingness to Defend Own Country in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO’s Collective Defence"

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    Conceptualizing Willingness to Defend and to Fight for Own Country
    (Rīga Stradiņš University, 2021) Andžāns, Māris; Rīga Stradiņš University and Latvian Institute of International Affairs
    As a part of the overarching publication “Willingness to Defend Own Country in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO’s Collective Defence” (2021), author of this chapter reviews the conceptual aspects of willingness to defend and to fight for own country. It is an updated version of a fragment from previous scientific publication by the author.
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    Conclusions and Recommendations: Between Unwillingness and Willingness to Defend Own Country in the Baltic States and Beyond
    (Rīga Stradiņš University, 2021) Andžāns, Māris; Rīga Stradiņš University and Latvian Institute of International Affairs
    Conclusions and recommendations of the publication “Willingness to Defend Own Country in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO’s Collective Defence” (2021), where the scientific editor of the publication summarizes the findings and offers recommendations.
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    NATO and the Role of Societal Resilience and Willingness to Defend Own Country
    (Rīga Stradiņš University, 2021) Vargulis, Mārtiņš; Rīga Stradiņš University and Latvian Institute of International Affairs
    As a part of the overarching publication “Willingness to Defend Own Country in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO’s Collective Defence” (2021), author of this chapter analyses policies and measures of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in fostering societal resilience and willingness to defend own country. The author underlines that the concept of resilience has gained additional foothold in the recent years in NATO. Notwithstanding that, interaction with the member states’ societies and resilience thereof primarily remains the responsibility of NATO member states themselves.
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    Willingness to Defend Latvia: Suffering from Disillusionment, Distrust and Individual Preferences and Abilities
    (Rīga Stradiņš University, 2021) Palkova, Aleksandra; Rīga Stradiņš University and Latvian Institute of International Affairs
    As a part of the publication “Willingness to Defend Own Country in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO’s Collective Defence” (2021), the author of this chapter assesses willingness to defend Latvia. In Latvia, the willingness level is lower than in Estonia but higher than in Lithuania. That level is neither high nor low in a regional and global context. The author in her chapter names the main categories of reasons that affect the situation. First, a set of detrimental factors – disillusionment with political and economic development and the related widespread distrust in state institutions and politicians. Second is a mixed factor & actor – Russia. Its military conflict with Ukraine, assertive behaviour and negative rhetoric towards Latvia have made a considerable part of the Latvian society feel insecure, whereas another part of the society, mostly Russian speakers, remain more sympathetic to Russia. Third is an impeding mix of physiological and physical factors – complacency resulting from the lack of recent experience of notable conflicts and the lack of military training of most people.
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    Willingness to Defend the Baltic States in Quantitative Terms
    (Rīga Stradiņš University, 2021) Andžāns, Māris; Rīga Stradiņš University and Latvian Institute of International Affairs
    As a part of the overarching publication “Willingness to Defend Own Country in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO’s Collective Defence” (2021), author of this chapter reviews quantitative data on willingness to defend and to fight for own country in the Baltic states. It is an updated version of a fragment from previous scientific publication by the author.