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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JOBS</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal on Baltic Security</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2382-9230</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2382-9222</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>BDC</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">10.1515_JOBS-2016-0045</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1515/jobs-2016-0045</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Latvia's Security and Defence Post 2014</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Rostoks</surname>
            <given-names>Toms</given-names>
          </name>
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        <aff id="j_JOBS_aff_000">Latvian National Defence Academy</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Vanaga</surname>
            <given-names>Nora</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JOBS_aff_001">Latvian National Defence Academy</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>2</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>71</fpage>
      <lpage>108</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
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        <copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
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        <p>This article takes a comprehensive look at developments in Latvia’s security and defence policies since 2014. The annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of the military conflict in Ukraine provided a major impetus for Latvian decision-makers to counter external and domestic threats to national security. The article discusses three key aspects of Latvia’s post-2014 security and defence developments. First, it looks at the transformation of security perceptions on the policy-making level. Second, the article discusses Latvia’s efforts to strengthen its military capabilities. Domestic security developments are also discussed. Third, differences between attitudes of Latvians and Russian-speakers towards a number of security and defence-related issues are presented. The article concludes that much has been done since 2014, but progress has been uneven. It will take more than just a few years to close the existing gaps in domestic and external security of Latvia.</p>
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