Original scientific paper

Current Geopolitical Thought and Estonia: A Critical Approach

Eiki Berg

Abstract

According to the conventional definition , geopolitical codes are sets of strategic
assumptions that a government makes about other states in shaping its foreign
policy. In global politics the USA and Russia are in different ideological positions:
ranging from neo-Cominternism to neo-Wilsonianism on the other. When the USA judges that effective collective security is built on the solid foundation of American military capability and leadership, then Russia is worrying about the changing global equilibrium, as well as the Russian state and the emerging security vacuums around it. The US and Russian geopolitical thinking is not simply conflicting or opposed to each other, but they rather represent different standpoints. Neither the United States nor Russia has been a truly European power and both have talked far more about their missions than about their interests. The US overseas presence is justified by geopolitical reasoning focused on defending US interests in critical regions and preventing the development of power vacuums and threats to regional security.

Keywords

Estonia; Russia; USA; geopolitics; international relations

Hrčak ID:

7151

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/7151

Publication date:

1.7.1998.

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