Kritinis požiūris į Lietuvos užsienio politiką: kas pasikeitė nuo Augustino Voldemaro laikų?
Critical approach to Lithuanian foreign policy: what had changed since Augustinas Voldemaras’s times?

Summary/Abstract: In the article, while analysing Lithuanian foreign policy, specific attention is paid to the link between the national identity and foreign policy. This link could be the key in analysing the question, if in truth Lithuanian foreign policy has reached a particular point, which could be named as international isolation or at least a tendency towards it, and if yes, – then why? The article proposes the following answers to these questions – to abandon the complex of bandwagoning and to acquire more self-reliance as democratic national state. Corrections of domestic politics and democratic legalization of political trends in Lithuania is necessary. Herewith, it is noticed that it would be a big mistake to go to the extremes, eventually even trying to reconsider the feasibility of EU and NATO membership. Euro-Atlantic institutions remain the major guarantee of stability in Europe, including Lithuania.

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