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In this work the development and transformation of the defense capability (it embraces not only military but also political and diplomatic instruments) of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990-2004 is analyzed in a general sense. The research is based on unpublished archival sources, official documents and historiography and evaluates the totality of decisions, actions and circumstances, that created opportunities for the Republic of Lithuania to move from a militarily weak state to a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to build up a qualified military force and effectively resolve the national security threats during 1990-2004. The paper analyzes the restoration of the defense capability of the Republic of Lithuania in the initial stage of individual defense (until 1994), political development of defense capability by joining NATO, military strengthening and foreign support in transforming Lithuanian armed forces, development and transformation of territorial defense and an asymmetric response, moving from the principle of individual to collective defense.

In this work the development and transformation of the defense capability (it embraces not only military but also political and diplomatic instruments) of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990-2004 is analyzed in a general sense. The research is based on unpublished archival sources, official documents and historiography and evaluates the totality of decisions, actions and circumstances, that created opportunities for the Republic of Lithuania to move from a militarily weak state to a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to build up a qualified military force and effectively resolve the national security threats during 1990-2004. The paper analyzes the restoration of the defense capability of the Republic of Lithuania in the initial stage of individual defense (until 1994), political development of defense capability by joining NATO, military strengthening and foreign support in transforming Lithuanian armed forces, development and transformation of territorial defense and an asymmetric response, moving from the principle of individual to collective defense.

In this work the development and transformation of the defense capability (it embraces not only military but also political and diplomatic instruments) of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990-2004 is analyzed in a general sense. The research is based on unpublished archival sources, official documents and historiography and evaluates the totality of decisions, actions and circumstances, that created opportunities for the Republic of Lithuania to move from a militarily weak state to a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to build up a qualified military force and effectively resolve the national security threats during 1990-2004. The paper analyzes the restoration of the defense capability of the Republic of Lithuania in the initial stage of individual defense (until 1994), political development of defense capability by joining NATO, military strengthening and foreign support in transforming Lithuanian armed forces, development and transformation of territorial defense and an asymmetric response, moving from the principle of individual to collective defense.

In this work the development and transformation of the defense capability (it embraces not only military but also political and diplomatic instruments) of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990-2004 is analyzed in a general sense. The research is based on unpublished archival sources, official documents and historiography and evaluates the totality of decisions, actions and circumstances, that created opportunities for the Republic of Lithuania to move from a militarily weak state to a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to build up a qualified military force and effectively resolve the national security threats during 1990-2004. The paper analyzes the restoration of the defense capability of the Republic of Lithuania in the initial stage of individual defense (until 1994), political development of defense capability by joining NATO, military strengthening and foreign support in transforming Lithuanian armed forces, development and transformation of territorial defense and an asymmetric response, moving from the principle of individual to collective defense.