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The Little Lady That Could: Small Latvia Rejoins the Euro-Atlantic Community.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Little Lady That Could: Small Latvia Rejoins the Euro-Atlantic Community./
Author:	Sraders, Sandis.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
Description:	355 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-11A(E).
Subject:	International relations. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10260857
ISBN:	9780355054859

The Little Lady That Could: Small Latvia Rejoins the Euro-Atlantic Community.
Sraders, Sandis.

The Little Lady That Could: Small Latvia Rejoins the Euro-Atlantic Community. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 355 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Old Dominion University, 2017.

When the Cold War abruptly ended, Latvia found it necessary to find a new place in the international community. Its smallness, weaknesses and sensitivities as well as historic experiences made the task urgent because it needed a protector and a broader community to belong to. Like a needle in a haystack, finding these would prove challenging, primarily because not many options existed. First, only one community, the Euro-Atlantic community, could satisfy Latvia's willingness to escape Russia's unwanted dominance. Second, as a small state, Latvia had little influence over international affairs.

ISBN: 9780355054859Subjects--Topical Terms:

531762
International relations.

The Little Lady That Could: Small Latvia Rejoins the Euro-Atlantic Community.
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