The Concept of Security Community in Baltic States

Dear Respondent,

I am a student of Air Force Command and Staff course. I am currently working on a research aiming to define if Baltic citizens consider Baltic States as Security Community which is based on common identity and values.

Here below you will find explanation on Security Community:

"Security Community is "Club of democratic states" where large-scale use of violence has become very unlikely or even unthinkable. States believe that disputes must be resolved by processes of peaceful change based on common values and norms. More, believe in common identity plays significant role, as it sets qualities of expressions which creates we-feeling and trust".

Thank you for your answers which will be used for Academic purposes only.

Respectfully,

Rytis Pogozelskis

The Concept of Security Community in Baltic States

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Least significant	Medium significant	Most significant
We-Feeling (seen as a sense of belongingness among a certain set of people based on common characteristics: ideals, values and norms)

Common Values (seen as shared attitudes and importance of some thing or action)

Communication (seen as an act of conveying meanings through the use of mutually understood signs, symbols, rules, motivation or reason)

Integrity (seen through our actions, words, decisions, methods, and outcomes, in order to build sense of consistency)

Institutions (seen as political-social structures in which representatives of states cooperate and which influences our behavior and the way we act)

Peaceful Change (seen as ability of societies to prevent or reduce violence by laying the foundations for long-term peace and stability)

Identity (seen as set of qualities, beliefs and expressions which creates feeling of "us" and unavoidably - "they")

Common Norms (seen as as collective representations and perceptions of particular group conduct)

Least significant	Medium significant	Most significant
Close Cooperative Relations of Baltic States political leaders

Aggresive posture of Russian Federation Political leadership towards Baltic States

Lack of human, economic and financial resources in Baltic States

The Concept of Security Community in Baltic States

1. From which Baltic State are you?

2. Are you civilian or military?

3. In your opinion what is the level of Integrity among the Baltic States?

4. Please define which qualitative categories are the most or least significant in forming Security Community in Baltic States?

5. Please define which factor is the most or least significant in forming Security Community in Baltic States?