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<p><span>Europe Alone</span><span> explores the prospects of European security in a future when the United States may no longer be a reliable partner. Leading security scholars offer a multifaceted approach to the changing role and meaning of national security into the future from the perspective of small states.</span></p>

<p><span>1 </span><span>Introduction: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of the Definition of, and Research into, Security of a Small State </span></p>
<p><span>Vytautas Šlapkauskas</span></p>
<p><span>PART I: GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGES AND SECURITY THREATS </span></p>
<p><span>2 </span><span>The End of the American Century: European Security without the United States</span></p>
<p><span>David Schultz</span></p>
<p><span>3 </span><span>The Complexity of Defense of the Small States in the Shadow of Russia’s Power: The Case Analysis of the Baltic States</span></p>
<p><span>Giedrius Česnakas</span></p>
<p><span>4 </span><span>Economic Security Indicators during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis</span></p>
<p><span>Žaneta Simanavičienė, Artūras Simanavičius, and Alla Cherep</span></p>
<p><span>5 </span><span>The Emerging Concepts of Energy Security: Energy Resilience </span></p>
<p><span>Gintaras Labutis</span></p>
<p><span>6 </span><span>Ecological Threats </span></p>
<p><span>Eglė Štareikė</span></p>
<p><span>7 </span><span>Terrorism as a Global Threat to Security </span></p>
<p><span>Gediminas Gediminas Bučiūnas</span></p>
<p><span>PART II: CHALLENGES AND THREATS TO EU AND NATIONAL SECURITY </span></p>
<p><span>8 </span><span>EU Security Policy and Priorities: Highway or a Cliff at the End of the Road? </span></p>
<p><span>Mantas Bileišis and Svajūnė Ungurytė-Ragauskienė</span></p>
<p><span>9 </span><span>Organized Crime and Corruption as a Security Threat </span></p>
<p><span>Gediminas Bučiūnas</span></p>
<p><span>10 </span><span>Artificial Intelligence and National Defense </span></p>
<p><span>Vidmantė Giedraitytė</span></p>
<p><span>11 </span><span>International and State-Level Emergencies and Military Threats </span></p>
<p><span>Audronė Petrauskaitė and Rolanda Kazlauskaitė Markelienė</span></p>
<p><span>12 </span><span>Small States and Disaster Preparedness </span></p>
<p><span>Rasa Smaliukienė and Anatolijus Bogomolnikovas</span></p>
<p><span>PART III: CHALLENGES AND THREATS TO PUBLIC, INSTITUTIONAL, AND PERSONAL SECURITY </span></p>
<p><span>13 </span><span>A Crisis of Values and Challenges to the Contemporary Human-Rights-Based World Order </span></p>
<p><span>Nijolė Aukštuolytė and Aurelija Pūraitė</span></p>
<p><span>14 </span><span>Challenges of Sustainable Development in the Global and National Context</span></p>
<p><span>Gitan</span><span>a Dudzevičiūtė</span></p>
<p><span>15 </span><span>Interinstitutional and Cross-Sectorial Collaboration to Ensure Security </span></p>
<p><span>Vidmantė Giedraitytė</span></p>
<p><span>16 </span><span>The Importance of Leadership in the Lithuanian Armed Forces </span></p>
<p><span>Viktorija Šimanauskienė</span></p>
<p><span>17 </span><span>New Competencies and Leadership in Law Enforcement Institutions </span></p>
<p><span>Rūta Adamonienė and Laima Ruibytė</span></p>
<p><span>18 </span><span>Conclusion: Between Security and Safety—Outlines for the Contours of Research in Search of a Holistic Approach</span></p>
<p><span>Vytautas Šlapkauskas and Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė</span></p>
<p><span>Index </span></p>
<p><span>About the Editors and Contributors</span></p>
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<p><span>David Schultz</span><span> is a distinguished professor of political science and legal studies at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota and professor of law at the University of Minnesota. </span></p>
<p><span>Aurelija Pūraitė</span><span> is a professor in the Institute of Law and Law Enforcement at the Academy of Public Security in Mykolas Romeris University, a vice-dean for science and project activities at the Academy of Public Security, and a head of the Sustainable Security Research Centre. </span><a></a></p>
<p><span>Vidmantė Giedraitytė</span><span> is an associate professor of public management at General Jonas Žemaitis military academy of Lithuania, a head of Security Institutions Management Research Group, and lecturer of law at Kaunas University of Technology. </span></p>

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