JOBS

Journal on Baltic Security

2382-9230 2382-9222

BDC

JOBS-5-1-JOBS-2019-0003

10.2478/jobs-2019-0003

Research Article

The U.S. Foreign Policy Towards The Baltic States: The Implications Of Ukraine Crisis

Jakstaite

Gerda

gerda.jakstaite@lka.lt ∗ Research Center, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Šilo st. 5A, Vilnius, Lithuania,

∗Corresponding author.

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21 12 2018

03 03 2018 15 03 2018

Open Access. ©

2019

Gerda Jakstaite

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

This paper aims to discuss the implications of Ukraine crisis to the U.S. foreign policy towards the Baltic

States. This paper consists of several parts. To begin with, political discourse of Obama‘s and Trump‘s administrations‘ is analysed. The second part presents an analysis of practical level of U.S. relations with Baltic States during and after Ukraine crisis, focusing on three dimensions: political/diplomatic, military and economic. In the third part of this paper, implications of the Ukrainian crisis on U.S. relations with Baltic States are assessed, comparing trends in official political discourse and practical foreign policy of Baltic States prior to and after the Ukraine crisis.

Keywords United States Baltic States foreign policy Ukraine Russia