{"id":20373,"date":"2023-04-27T14:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=20373"},"modified":"2024-12-06T13:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T13:01:30","slug":"towards-the-frontline-states-concept","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/publication\/towards-the-frontline-states-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards the Frontline States Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Towards the Frontline States Concept: Understanding the Responses to Russia\u2019s War Against Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authors: <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 1rem;\">Agata Mazurkiewicz and <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 1rem;\">Wojciech Michnik<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Russian aggression against Ukraine has had significant consequences, including for NATO\u2019s Eastern Flank\u2019s regional security architecture. Following decades of peace in the region, NATO members neighbouring Russia and Ukraine, such as Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and the Baltic states, have found themselves on the border of an active war zone.<\/p>\n<p>The focus in this paper rests on the \u201cfrontline states\u201d concept and its explanatory power. The states selected here (Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Romania) for a brief analysis do not constitute a coherent group within \u201cfrontline states\u201d category, but rather are selected on a basis of their diversity: Estonia and Latvia (former Soviet republics) are small countries with a high proportion of ethnic Russians and native Russian-speakers; Poland is a regional power in terms of military strength and (relatively) international standing; Romania, bordering both Ukraine and Russia-wary Moldova, has the largest population and territory on the western coast of the Black Sea; while Hungary with its anti-EU and often pro-Russian stance seems to be an outlier among this group of \u201cfrontline states\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The reactions of these states to Russian aggression have been influenced by the existing regional architecture, as well as their respective \u201ctroubled\u201d histories of relations with Russia. Hence, the aim of this policy brief is to discuss to what extent the concept of \u201cfrontline states\u201d can be applied to understand the reactions and responses of these countries to Russia\u2019s invasion on Ukraine on 24 February 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This policy brief discusses to what extent the concept of \u201cfrontline states\u201d can be applied to understand the responses to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":20371,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":""},"categories":[235,1837],"tags":[],"authors":[1964,1965],"class_list":["post-20373","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publication","category-ukraine","countries-ukraine","authors-mazurkiewicz","authors-michnik","themes-peace-processes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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