{"id":173,"date":"2025-09-01T14:29:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/evadip\/the-history-of-estonian-diplomacy-foreign-and-security-policy-of-estonia-accession-to-international-organisations-1990-2010\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T13:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:52:43","slug":"the-history-of-estonian-diplomacy-foreign-and-security-policy-of-estonia-accession-to-international-organisations-1990-2010","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/evadip\/the-history-of-estonian-diplomacy-foreign-and-security-policy-of-estonia-accession-to-international-organisations-1990-2010\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The History of Estonian Diplomacy, Foreign and Security Policy of Estonia: Accession to International Organisations, 1990-2010<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This research project focuses on a broad study of the diplomacy and foreign and security policy of Estonia after the restoration of independence. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of Estonia\u2019s accession to international organizations in the 1990s and early 2000s. We will examine Estonia\u2019s expectations of international organizations, the norms and rules it had to adapt to in order to join the Western-centric international community, and how these accessions influenced Estonia\u2019s beliefs and practices in areas such as national security. More specifically, the study examines Estonia\u2019s learning process in relation to each major international organization that Estonia joined.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This website contains all the information about the project, the research team, and news, events, and publications related to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote-block d-flex flex-column flex-md-row px-2 px-lg-6 py-3 fst-italic fw-bold border-top border-bottom border-secondary page-section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\">\u201cWhen the Republic of Estonia was restored, many dreamed that Estonia could be a bridge between East and West. Then it was realized that Estonia is more of an outpost of Western civilization than a bridge. Three decades later, we are forced to admit that we are a frontline state. The world order that followed the Cold War has collapsed. If we want to survive, we must study the history of our foreign policy more closely. This is where the question of war and peace lies. That is why I say that recent history, especially political history in its international context, is not a task but an obligation.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"d-block mt-2\">\n\t\t\t\tKaarel Piirim\u00e4e, 18th September 2025\n\t\t\t<\/cite>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Banner photos (starting from left): UN Headquarters, evening view from the East River (ERA.5948.1.10.9.2); Foreign Minister J\u00fcri Luik answers questions from journalists at a press conference of the foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, 25.05.1994 (EFA.204.0.174136); CSCE Helsinki meeting, 30.03.1992 (EFA.204.0.261978); President Arnold R\u00fc\u00fctel and Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland sign Estonia\u2019s accession treaty to the European Union in Athens, 16.04.2003 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs); Referendum on accession to the European Union and amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, 14.09.2003 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs); Strasbourg, European Palace. Signing ceremony for the European Cultural Convention. J. Manitski, Catherine Lalumiere et al., 07.05.1992 (EFA.204.0.262888); Estonian and NATO flags at Tallinn Airport, 17.01.1994 (EFA.204.0.267337); General Wesley Clark, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, meeting with Lieutenant General Johannes Kert, Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, 25.09.1998 (EFA.204.0.178637).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The History of Estonian Diplomacy, Foreign and Security Policy of Estonia: Accession to International Organisations, 1990-2010 This research project focuses on a broad study of the diplomacy and foreign and security policy of Estonia after the restoration of independence. 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