Martha Merritt

Former Research Grant

Professional Affiliation

Associate Dean of the College, University of Chicago

Wilson Center Project

Imagining the Baltic States: Ethnicity and Apocalypse in Russian Foreign Policy

Project Summary

Russia’s three tiny Baltic neighbors have come to be perceived in Russia as markers for western imperialism and an assault on Slavic identity; links the often apocalyptic rhetoric emanating from Russia about the Baltic states with a profound and historically-rooted fear of vulnerability

Previous Terms

Dec 01, 1991 - Jan 01, 1992: "Comparative Notions of Political Accountability"