ABSTRACT

This article looks at the main changes in Lithuania’s foreign policy between 2009 and 2019, and tries to evaluate the major shifts caused by Grybauskaitė’s decisions and choices to concentrate on specific positions or priorities. Gustavsson’s model of different stages of foreign policy changes serves as the theoretical basis for evaluating the selected cases. The study is based on interviews carried out in 2017–19 with Grybauskaitė and all her foreign policy advisors. By investigating selected cases from the agent perspective, this study can help elucidate why some of their decisions deviated from traditional Lithuanian foreign policy.

摘要

本文着眼于 2009 年至 2019 年间立陶宛外交政策的主要变化，并试图评估由 Grybauskaitė 的决定和选择引起的重大转变，以专注于特定立场或优先事项。Gustavsson 的外交政策变化不同阶段的模型作为评估所选案例的理论基础。该研究基于 2017-19 年对 Grybauskaitė 及其所有外交政策顾问的采访。通过从代理人的角度调查选定的案例，这项研究可以帮助阐明为什么他们的一些决定偏离了传统的立陶宛外交政策。