Publication

This paper addresses the pre-accession period to NATO of the Baltic states. The author states that the admission is one of the most difficult problems for the alliance because of Russia's unconditional opposition to such action and because of NATO's own internal divisions on the issue. In this study, the author presents a detailed and extensive analysis of the US, Russian and German views on Baltic and European security. The paper explains that the different views demonstrate the complexity of the issues involved in constructing Baltic, not to mention European, security.