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- Title
THE FORMATION OF A LITHUANIAN COUNTER-TERRORISM INSTITUTION AFTER 9/11.
- Authors
Karlsson, Michael
- Abstract
Lithuania's formation of a counter-terrorism institution following 9/11 sheds new light on three premises often associated with the study of institutional formation. First, the distinction between the creation phase and the operation phase is logical, but the appearance of extra-institutional guidance suggests that established institutions within other domains (e.g. military security) can temporarily fill an institutional vacuum (counter-terrorism). Second, the dynamic between agency and structure was easily seen, but in this case it was quite clear that agency was strongly dependent upon changes in some of the structural contexts (environmental threats, international institutions, age of the security state). Third, the role of sequencing and timing turned out to be more important than expected as there was a strong temporal order between the sequences of the formation phase and a significant spill over from two contemporary security processes (preparations for NATO-membership, reforms of the security state).
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; COUNTERTERRORISM; SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; MILITARY statistics; SUBVERSIVE activities; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Publication
Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review, 2008, Issue 21, p38
- ISSN
1392-5504
- Publication type
Article