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The article follows the perspective of the World-system and aims to reveal the factors determining Russian foreign policy. In response to the neo-realistic interpretation of Russia's behaviour in the international system, based on the logic of maintaining the balance of powers, an alternative interpretation is formulated: Russia's foreign policy is influenced by structural geo-economic factors – belonging to the 'semi-peripheral' geo-economic zone. It leads to socio-economic tensions and political instability within the state and forces the Russian regime to use various domestic and foreign policy instruments to mobilize the society. One such instrument is military aggression in foreign countries, including Ukraine.

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

The aim of this dissertation is to reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, the paper formulates theoretical assumptions to research processes involved in foreign policy decision making and state identity formation. Aspects of the constructivism theory in international relations are examined and key ideas are highlighted and used in the analysis. The study distinguishes and addresses two main elements – the state identity and foreign policy decisions – by showing how the interaction of these elements enables to reveal the relationship between identity factors and foreign policy decision emergence and making. The formulated analysis principles allow to disclose how and what intersubjective values (identity perceptions) affect foreign policy decisions in practice. For this purpose, three Lithuanian foreign policy decisions are analyzed: 1) Lithuanian membership in NATO, 2) support for the US in the Iraq war, 3) formulation and realisation of the New Lithuanian Foreign Policy Concept (leadership in the region). Based on the results of empirical research, circumstances of Lithuanian foreign policy decision emergence and making are explained.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Christoph Meißner, Jörg Morré | Introduction -- The Context of the Withdrawals from East Central Europe -- Tim Geiger | Disarmament and the End of the Cold War -- Hans-Henning Schröder, Christoph Meißner | 'New Thinking' and its Effects on Soviet Foreign and Security Policy -- Markus Mirschel, Michael Galbas | War Returnees as Transformation Accelerators -- Christoph Meißner | The Search for a New Security Structure in Eastern Europe Through the Example of the Dissolution of the Soviet Army -- The Withdrawal of Soviet/Russian Forces from Germany -- Matthias Uhl | The Armed Forces in Germany in the Changed Soviet Defence Strategy Under Gorbachev -- Alexei Sindeyev | The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Germany -- Christoph Meißner | The Withdrawal of the Western Group of Forces from Germany -- Christoph Lorke | Shaping and Negotiating the Withdrawal -- Sascha Gunold | 'Withdrawal Under Observation' -- Markus Hennen | Conversion in Germany Through the Example of the Federal State of Brandenburg -- The Withdrawal of Soviet/Russian Forces from East Central Europe -- Dávid Kiss | The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Hungary and Hungarian Security Relations -- Barnabás Vajda | The Soviet Army Stationing and its Legacy in Czechoslovakia and at Fortress Komárno -- Agnieszka Kastory | International Aspects of the Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Poland and Germany -- The Withdrawal of Russian Forces from States of the Former Soviet Union -- Sophie Momzikoff | International Aspects of the Russian Troops' Withdrawal from the Baltics -- Dovilė Jakniūnaitė, Valentinas Beržiūnas | Russia and the Baltic States after Regaining Independence -- David Darchiashvili, Michael Machavariani | The Empire Fights Back.