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Dr. Valentinas Beržiūnas

Assistant professor
Research areas
International Relations

Since 2017, Valentinas Beržiūnas teaches at the Insitute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University (VU TSPMI).

Since 2017, PhD in social sciences.

2012-2016 doctoral studies at VU TSPMI. (Thesis supervisor dr. Dovilė Jakniūnaitė. Title: “Lithuanian foreign policy formation and the factors of identity”).

2010–2012 MA studies at VU TSPMI.

2006–2010 BA studies at Faculty of History, Vilnius University.

Courses taught

International relations and their theories

International politics (general university studies)

Research interests

Foreign and security policy of Lithuania

International relations and their theories

Publications

Beržiūnas V., „Economics, politics, security: Russian-Western European geo-economic relations and their impact on Central and Eastern Europe“, in Česnakas Giedrius, Nortautas Statkus (sud.), Lithuania in The Global Context: National Security and Defence Policy Dilemmas, Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija, 2020, p. 163–184.

Beržiūnas V., „Donald Trump’s International Economic Policy from the World System’s Perspective“, Lietuvos metinė strateginė apžvalga 2019, T. 17, 2019, p. 63–95.

Beržiūnas V., „Santykiai su Latvija bei Estija ir Baltijos šalių bendradarbiavimas“ in Jakniūnaitė D. (sud.), Ambicingas dešimtmetis: Lietuvos užsienio politika 2004–2014, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2015, p. 209–227.

Beržiūnas V., „Lietuvos užsienio politikos tyrimai 1990–2004 m.“ in Jakniūnaitė Dovilė (sud.), Ambicingas dešimtmetis: Lietuvos užsienio politika 2004–2014, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2015, p. 32–48.

Neliupšienė J., Beržiūnas V., „The Impact of Force Structures and the Army on Maintaining the Regime in Belarus“, Lietuvos metinė strateginė apžvalga 2013, T. 12, 2014, p. 189–219.