Droga Estonii do kompleksowego bezpieczeństwa

Since regaining independency in 1991, Estonia has undergone a fast and determined transformation, embracing modernization, democracy and western integration. Yet its way to NATO membership and safety improvement was anything but straightforward, as it was shaped by regional geopolitics, western hesitations, and the lessons of Nordic neighbours.

Social modernization has progressed at an unrelenting pace since Estonia restored its independency alongside its Baltic neighbours Latvia and Lithuania in 1991. At the outset in the 1990s and early 2000s, Estonia, like many another Central and east European aspirants for European Union and NATO membership, was criticized by its western neighbours for following an overly “modernist” outlook on safety policy.