How deep is Your LOVE? Politinių regionų konstravimas

Erik Albaek, Professor of Political Science and Journalism, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark "Jurkynas' pioneering study provides the most thorough analysis so far of the processes through which political regions in the three Baltic countries were constructed, historically and in particular in the post-1992 period. The study is well-researched: The number of documents and statements included in the analyses is high and the analyses are comprehensive and comparative (across time, actors, countries, regions, etc.). The study is mandatory reading for anyone interested in the international relations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia." Most of us have empathised big changes ir Europe at the turn of the third millennium. Glasnost and Perestroika in the USSR, Velvet and Singing revoliutions from Czech Republic to Lithuania, the unification of Germany, the break down of the ,,Soviet giant on clay legs\", let alone the later events of no lesser significance and interest. These processes did affect our lives from political, social, entrepreneurial, economic and academic points of view. Re-emergence of three independent states- Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia- has reinvigorated an ever increasing attention of politicians, scholars and journalists.