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Title

Civilian-based resistance in the Baltic States : historical precedents and current capabilities / Anika Binnendijk, Marta Kepe.

Author

Binnendijk, Anika

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2021]

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Additional Authors

• Kepe, Marta
• International Security and Defense Policy Center.
• Rand Corporation.

Description

xvii, 155 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 23 cm

Summary

In the event of an occupation of Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania, a conventional military intervention by allies-including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, and the United States-would be crucial for the Baltic countries to regain national independence. But Baltic civilians could play a powerful role in their own defense-and, in fact, the Baltic countries' constitutions and national security strategies highlight the importance of the willingness and preparedness of their civilians to meet external aggression with resilience and resistance. Increasingly, Baltic governments consider national military defense to be closely intertwined with nonmilitary capabilities, and each has introduced a whole-of-society approach into high-level strategy and policy documents. RAND researchers sought to better understand the nature and effectiveness of contributions that Baltic civilians could make to a resistance campaign during a notional occupation. In this report, using an original analytical framework, the authors examine historic episodes of Baltic armed resistance from 1940 to 1955 and unarmed resistance from 1955 to 1991. Drawing from this analysis, the authors examine more-recent plans and policies to prepare Baltic populations for crises and consider the contributions that Baltic civilians could make during an occupation scenario by imposing costs on an adversary, securing external support, denying an occupier's political and economic consolidation, reducing an occupier's capacity for repression, and maintaining and expanding popular support for resistance. Finally, the authors present recommendations for how allies and partners can support the Baltic countries in strengthening civilian capacity for resilience and resistance.

Subject

• National security > Baltic States
• Military readiness
• National security
• Baltic States > Defenses
• Baltic States > Millitary policy
• Baltic States

Note

• "Prepared for the Russia Strategic Initiative" -- Title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format

Contents

Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Proximate Resistance Objectives for Civilians Under Occupation -- Chapter Three: Armed Resistance in the Baltic States (1940-1955) -- Chapter Four: Unarmed Resistance in the Baltic States (1955-1991) -- Chapter Five: Current Preparation and Capabilities for Resistance -- Chapter Six: Findings and Recommendations.

Call Number

JFE 22-61

ISBN

• 9781977406071
• 1977406076

LCCN

10.7249/RR-A198-3

OCLC

1281911928

Author

Binnendijk, Anika, author.

Title

Civilian-based resistance in the Baltic States : historical precedents and current capabilities / Anika Binnendijk, Marta Kepe.

Publisher

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

computer

Type of Carrier

volume

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format

Added Author

Kepe, Marta, author.

International Security and Defense Policy Center.

Rand Corporation.

Other Standard Identifier

10.7249/RR-A198-3 doi

Report No.

RAND/RR-A198-3

Research Call Number

JFE 22-61