Dr. Tomas Janeliūnas is a full-time professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS), Vilnius University, since 2015. He has been lecturing at the IIRPS since 2003 on subjects including Strategic Studies, National Security, and Foreign Policy of Lithuania, as well as Foreign Policy of the Great Powers. From 2013 to 2018 he served as the head of the Department of International Relations at the IIRPS. From 2009 to 2020 he was the Editor-in-Chief of the main Lithuanian academic quarterly of political science, Politologija. From 2007 to 2014 he served as the Editor-in-Chief of Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review. His latest book, Foreign Policy Analysis of a Baltic State: Lithuania and ‘Grybauskaitė Doctrine’ (London: Routledge, 2021) focuses on the conduct of Lithuanian foreign policy during the two consecutive terms of President Dalia Grybauskaitė in 2009-19.
Author's articles
Developing Nuclear Energy in Estonia: An Amplifier of Strategic Partnership with the United States?
Estonia’s climate neutrality commitments and its simultaneous pursuit of national security mean that it will need to develop and cultivate…
Read moreGeopolitics of Europe’s Hydrogen Aspirations: Creating Sustainable Equilibrium or a Combustible Mix?
Discussions about hydrogen’s role in the transition to carbon-neutral economies and the EU’s Green Deal seldom include consideration of geopolitical…
Read moreBetween Bad, Worse, and Worst: Europe Faces Tough Tests This Winter
Europe is under growing pressure from the East. First, the dictator of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, after a test run of…
Read moreHybrid Atoms: Rosatom in Europe and Nuclear Energy in Belarus
In late 2020, Belarus inaugurated the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (Astravyets NPP). This facility – funded by the Russian government…
Read moreWinds of Change, or More of the Same?
Impact of the 2018-19 Election Cycle on Energy Security and Climate Policies in the Baltic states, Poland and Finland.
Read moreNATO‘s Northeast Quartet: Prospects and Opportunities for Baltic-Polish Defence Cooperation
In recent years, NATO has made good progress in strengthening deterrence and defence postures on its eastern flank, including establishing…
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