The northern territories of the former Soviet Union remain an under-researched and thus under-represented region in European studies, even though an understanding of the political, social and economic forces shaping these new nation states is of importance to the stability of Europe as a whole. Thus, this book explores questions relating to European identity in the northern part of the former Soviet Union, in particular the Baltic countries with an emphasis on Estonia and Latvia, but also on Belarus, Lithuania and Russia. The authors are social and political scientists and psychologists from Belarus, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia.