Identifying intentions: Latvian policy-makers’ perceptions of Russia’s intentions

Toms Rostoks

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2018, vol. 49, issue 1, 21-45

Abstract: There is much disagreement on the specific aspects of behavior that are the most useful for estimating intentions of potential adversaries. One view is that military capabilities are the most useful. Alternative views consider that an adversary’s domestic politics, or symbolic-normative aspects of its behavior, contain valuable information for assessing its intentions. This article tests these three competing views on Latvia as a case study, based on in-depth interviews with 10 high-ranking decision-makers. The article concludes that although the interviewees regarded information on the potential adversary’s military capabilities to be crucial for inferring its intentions, other indicators were also regarded as important.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2017.1416417

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