Charles Clarke is Visiting Professor at Lancaster University and King's College London, and a former MP (19972010), having served as chairman of the Labour Party, secretary of state for education, and home secretary. He consults on international education reform and co-leads the Baltic Geopolitics Programme, University of Cambridge.
'It is easy to underestimate the importance of the Baltics. Easy,
but wrong. Understanding the Baltic States should be required
reading for anyone wishing to know and understand Europe from West
to East.'
*The Rt Hon. Sir John Major KG CH*
‘Broad and accessible enough to enlighten readers beyond
academe.’
*The Russian Review*
‘We see through the chapters of this book much more than the
customary, almost Cinderella-style tale of the Baltic “march to
freedom”.’
*CEU Review*
'A useful chronology.'
*Slavonic and Eastern Europe Review*
'The Baltic states were once in the shadowy world beyond the Iron
Curtain, but today they are again back in the bright light of
freedom and democracy. They are now vibrant members of both the
European Union and NATO. They are not only in the front line in the
newly challenging European environment but they also represent a
shop-window for economic and democratic vitality. The resurgence of
the Baltic states, where I was both a witness and bit-player, is an
inspiring story of our time and these essays flesh out the then and
the remarkable now.'
*Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, 10th Secretary General of NATO,
and former UK Defence Secretary*
'The war in Ukraine has confirmed the position of the Baltic states
as both the front line and notable front runners of democratic
Europe. This excellent volume of essays by experts and
practitioners tells us what we should all know about them.'
*Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, Oxford
University, and author of Homelands: A Personal History of
Europe*
'Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have long been poorly understood by
much of the rest of the world. This book goes a long way towards
tearing the veil of ignorance about the history of the region, the
role these three countries play in geopolitics, their commonalities
and differences, and their complex relationship with Russia and the
Soviet Union.'
*Dan Kaszeta, author of Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents,
From Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia, and The Forest
Brotherhood: Baltic Resistance against the Nazis and
Soviets*
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