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

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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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    Willingness to Defend Lithuania: “System Problem Detected, Action Pending”
    (Rīga Stradiņš University, 2021) Gajauskaitė, Ieva; General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
    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), the author of this chapter assesses willingness to defend Lithuania. The author suggests taking extra care in interpreting the scarce data on willingness to defend country available on Lithuania. Nevertheless, the author observes that issues with willingness to defend Lithuania exist. The author underlines patriotism, pride in the state, as well as specific skills, i.e., military experience, and active civil society as the main preconditions for willingness to defend own country. To a various degree, in all those aspects space for progress in Lithuania remains. Attitude towards the state is a broad and complex issue to address. While conscription was reintroduced in Lithuania in 2015, its effect on willingness to defend Lithuania has not yet reached its full potential. Space for progress in societal attitudes is acknowledged also by the Lithuanian authorities, which treat it primarily in the context of civil resistance.
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    Willingness to Defend Own Country in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO’s Collective Defence
    (Rīga Stradiņš University, 2021) Andžāns, Māris; Gajauskaitė, Ieva; Juurvee, Ivo; Palkova, Aleksandra; Yeh, Yao-Yuan; Vargulis, Mārtiņš; Andžāns, Māris
    The publication reflects on one of the core aspects and indicators of societal resilience and national defence – why ordinary people are or are not willing to defend their own countries. Based on a review of conceptual considerations and statistical data, an international team of scientists have explored the situation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and its implications to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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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.