Small States in the Shatter Belt: Demographic and Geopolitical Challenges of the Baltic States

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Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska Jan A. Wendt

Small States in the Shatter Belt

Demographic and Geopolitical Challenges of the Baltic States

Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska, Jan A. Wendt

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Routledge
04 December 2025

Geopolitics; Political geography

Series: Geopolitics in the Shatter Belts

The book aims to highlight the challenges faced by small states located in zones of geopolitical instability. Drawing on Saul P. Cohen's theoretical concept of the shatter belt, it discusses a geopolitical region characterized by significant instability, owing especially to the influence of neighbouring powers.

The book defines the challenges related to the geopolitical position of Baltic Europe and describes them as manifestations of the shatter belt. It details the historical conditions of the small Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, with reference to their geopolitical position within the Russian sphere of influence and after the collapse of the USSR. This study also focuses on the exploitation of national minorities as one the main challenges to the national security of the Baltic states.

As a pioneering study on the role of small states as peacekeepers, allies, and members of international organizations, this book will be a valuable resource for students and doctoral candidates in international relations, geopolitics, and political geography. It will also be useful to experts, journalists, and policymakers.

By: Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska, Jan A. Wendt
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781041194040
ISBN 10: 1041194048
Series: Geopolitics in the Shatter Belts
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 04 December 2025
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. The Unacceptable Dominance Vacuum: The Shatter Belt in Political Geography, Geopolitics, and International Relations 2. Small States as a Subject of International Research 3. From States Building to Regional Cooperation in Baltic Europe in the Inter-War Period 4. The Demographic Challenges of the Small States as their Security Challenges: The Case of the Baltic States 5. Demography and Depopulation of Baltic States: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia 1990-2024 6. National Minorities in the Baltic States Summary

Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska is associate professor in University of Warsaw (Poland), Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies. She specializes in the history of international relations and the role of political decision-makers in international relations. She has also been researching cyberspace and digital technologies as factors in IR. Her research also focuses on superpowers and geopolitical problems of the international order. She publishes in the area of theory of international relations, especially theoretical approaches: postmodernism and postcolonialism. Jan A. Wendt is professor at the University of Gdansk (Poland) at the Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management. Visiting professor at universities in Astana, Almaty and Petropavl. Geographer, political scientist and historian. Ph.D. honoris causa from University of Oradea. In the years 2012-2020 member of the Steering Committee of the Political Geography Commission of the International Geography Union. He publishes on the topic political geography, power, tourism and transport, geopolitics, international relations, spatial aspects of the formation and evolution of democratic systems and national security.