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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">lasr</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1648-8024</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1648-8024</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4_MILIUSAS</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/lasr.2020.18.4</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Strategic Communication of NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Lithuania by Assessment of the Parties Involved in the Process</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Miliušas</surname>
            <given-names>Vytenis</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:vytenis.miliusas@gmail.com">vytenis.miliusas@gmail.com</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_lasr_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_lasr_aff_000">The Strategic Communication Department of the Lithuanian Armed Forces</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Denisenko</surname>
            <given-names>Viktor</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:viktor.denisenko@lka.lt">viktor.denisenko@lka.lt</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_lasr_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_lasr_aff_001">General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>18</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>67</fpage>
      <lpage>98</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2020</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2020</year>
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      <abstract>
        <p>The article presents the study on strategic communication of NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Lithuania and assessment of the effectiveness thereof by the representatives of the parties involved in the process. The academic research of this issue has been scarce, especially in the case of focussing on the aspects of strategic communication, despite the fact that the battle groups have been deployed to the Baltic States and Poland in early 2017. Assessments by the representatives of the parties involved in the process indicate certain trends in communications, enable answering the question regarding the direction to be taken in respect of the communications of the battle group and what communication goals are being implemented.</p>
      </abstract>
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