The aim of this dissertation is to examine the influence of the international actors i.e. the OSCE, Council of Europe, EU and Russia, on policy and legislative adaptation in two post-Soviet countries since 1991. These are Estonia and Ukraine. The central concept analysed in the dissertation is stateness. It is defined following Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan (1996) as congruence between the territorial definition and the right of citizenship in the state, which has the monopoly on the legitimate use of force in the territory, and an effective state bureaucracy. For the analysis, certain policy areas are chosen which operationalise the dimensions of stateness: monopoly on the use of force (borders, army and police), state identity (citizensh...
My doctoral thesis will investigate political relations between Finland and Estonia between the spri...
In the following article, we examine the positions of the decision makers of Estonia on multiple an...
This thesis examines how the three Baltic countries constructed their internal and external sovereig...
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the influence of the international actors i.e. the OSCE, ...
This thesis studies the discussion over the Estonian citizenship issue in the United Nations (UN) an...
The dissertation is dedicated to the issue of Ukraine’s democratic transition. Particularly, the rol...
During the spring 2007 Estonia and Russia collided in the biggest international conflict among thems...
Ukraine is a state that has been characterized by authoritarian trends for a long time. This is due ...
The survival of small states in the international system always was a fundamental but problematic ph...
The transition from having been under another country’s control to becoming a democratic country can...
This bachelor thesis focuses on Estonia as a small state and its potential and position in internati...
This dissertation seeks to evaluate how Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries develop state u...
This thesis examines how the three Baltic countries constructed their internal and external sovereig...
Dissertação de mestrado em Relações InternacionaisOwing to the Russian Federation’s growing assertiv...
This thesis assesses the extent to which sub-national authorities from two regions within two unitar...
My doctoral thesis will investigate political relations between Finland and Estonia between the spri...
In the following article, we examine the positions of the decision makers of Estonia on multiple an...
This thesis examines how the three Baltic countries constructed their internal and external sovereig...
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the influence of the international actors i.e. the OSCE, ...
This thesis studies the discussion over the Estonian citizenship issue in the United Nations (UN) an...
The dissertation is dedicated to the issue of Ukraine’s democratic transition. Particularly, the rol...
During the spring 2007 Estonia and Russia collided in the biggest international conflict among thems...
Ukraine is a state that has been characterized by authoritarian trends for a long time. This is due ...
The survival of small states in the international system always was a fundamental but problematic ph...
The transition from having been under another country’s control to becoming a democratic country can...
This bachelor thesis focuses on Estonia as a small state and its potential and position in internati...
This dissertation seeks to evaluate how Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries develop state u...
This thesis examines how the three Baltic countries constructed their internal and external sovereig...
Dissertação de mestrado em Relações InternacionaisOwing to the Russian Federation’s growing assertiv...
This thesis assesses the extent to which sub-national authorities from two regions within two unitar...
My doctoral thesis will investigate political relations between Finland and Estonia between the spri...
In the following article, we examine the positions of the decision makers of Estonia on multiple an...
This thesis examines how the three Baltic countries constructed their internal and external sovereig...