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Selected Sources for Strategic Dynamics in the Nordic-Baltic Region: Implications for U.S. Policy

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Web Sites

Organizations

European Union (EU): http://europa.eu.int

The EU's Programme on the Northern Dimension of the Common Foreign and Security Policy: http://www.northerndimension.org

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE): http://www.osce.org

NATO: http://www.nato.int

Baltic Sea Region On-Line Environmental Information Resources for Internet Access (Ballerina): http://www.baltic-region.net

Council of the Baltic Sea States: http://www.baltinfo.org

Estonian Ministry of the Environment: http://www.envir.ee/baltics/index.htm

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI): http://www.nupi.no/

Danish Institute of International Affairs (DUPI): http://www.dupi.dk

Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI): http://www.ui.se/index.htm

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (UPI): http://www.upi-fiia.fi/indexe.html

Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow: http://isn.rsuh.ru/imemo/3imemo_e.htm

 

Key Documents

Madrid Declaration on Euro-Atlantic Security and Cooperation http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/1997/p97-081e.htm

Washington Summit Communiqué http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/1999/p99-064e.htm

A Charter of Partnership among the United States of America, and The Republic of Estonia, Republic of Latvia, and Republic of Lithuania - web link

Mandate for the High Commissioner on National Minorities http://www.osceprag.cz/inst/hcnm/

 

Embassies

Denmark http://www.denmarkemb.org
Estonia http://www.estemb.org
Finland http://www.finland.org
Latvia http://www.latvia-usa.org
Lithuania http://www.ltembassyus.org
Norway http://www.norway.org
Russia http://www.russianembassy.org
Sweden http://www.swedenabroad.com/washington

Ministries of Foreign Affairs

Denmark http://www.um.dk/english
Estonia http://www.vm.ee
Finland http://virtual.finland.fi/ministry/formin.html
Latvia http://www.mfa.gov.lv
Lithuania http://www.urm.lt
Norway http://www.odin.dep.no/ud/eng/
Russia http://www.mid.ru/
Sweden http://www.ud.se/english/index.htm

 

Notable Books, Studies, and Articles on Nordic-Baltic Security

 

Ronald D. Asmus and Robert C. Nurick, "NATO Enlargement and the Baltic States," Survival 382, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 121-142.

 

Carl Bildt, "The Baltic Litmus Test" Foreign Affairs 73, no. 5 (September-October 1994): 72-85.

 

Arne Olav Brundtland, "Nordic Security at the End of the Cold War: Old Legacies and New Challenges," in Don M. Snider and Arne Olav Brundtland, eds., Nordic-Baltic Security: An International Perspective, (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1994), p. 1-30.

 

Zbigniew Brzezinski and F. Stephen Larrabee, U.S. Policy Toward Northeastern Europe (New York: The Council on Foreign Relations, 1999).

 

Gerard P. Burke and Frank J. Cilluffo, eds., Russian Organized Crime: CSIS Task Force Report (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1997), 50-63.

 

Mathias Jopp and Sven Arnswald, eds., The European Union and the Baltic States. Visions, Interests and Strategies for the Baltic Sea Region (Helsinki: The Finnish Institute of International Affairs; Bonn: Institut für Europäische Politik, 1998).

 

Olav Fagelund Knudsen, "The Nordic-Baltic Region Before Madrid and After: Diagnostic Statements Assessing Security," in Hans Henrik Holm and Georg Sorensen, eds., And Now What? The International System After the Cold War: Essays in Honor of Nikolaj Petersen (Århus, Denmark: Politika, 1998).

 

Atis Lejins and Zaneta Ozolina, eds., Small States in a Turbulent Environment: The Baltic Perspective (Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 1997).

 

Anatol Lieven, The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993), 174-213.

 

Ari Puheloinen, Russia's Geopolitical Interests in the Baltic Area (Cambridge, MA: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, June 1997), 122.

 

Quo Vadis? NATO and the Baltic States, Conference Proceedings published by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Riga, Latvia, 7 December 1996.

 

Ingrid Tersman and Hans Zettermark, trans., Had There been a War.Preparations for the Reception of Military Assistance 1949-1969.

 

Report of the Commission of Neutrality Policy SOU 1994:11 (Stockholm: Statens offentliga utredningar, 1994).