Šiame darbe, remiantis Johan Eriksson ir Mark Rhinard tyrimo schema, nagrinėjama tai, kaip kibernetinio saugumo problemos kursto vidinio-išorinio saugumo įtampas Lietuvoje. Įvertinus jų dinamiką keturiais analitiniais „pjūviais“, identifikuojamas geriausiai Lietuvos atsaką į kibernetinio saugumo iššūkius apibūdinantis elgesio tipas. / In the broader sense the general object of observation considered in this paper is the influence of transboundary cyber-security issues on government behaviour. The main academic problem this paper deals with is how the relationship between internal external security concerns could be fully conceptualized to assess and explain the latter. The subject of this paper is not being analyzed through single theory or paradigm but from the perspective of middle-ranged approaches. This pragmatic approach helps better to unpack the complexity of cyber-security issues.As substitent theories cannot adequately assess the outcome of the expected changes this paper invokes an analytical framework built by Johan Eriksson and Mark Rhinard which encourages a strong focus on the nature of transboundary problems and their implications for changes in four dimensions: perceptions, policies, politics and polity. Analysing what implications new cyber-security issues have in each of these dimensions and explaining how aggregate effect of their interconnections determines Lithuania’s response to transboundary cyber-security challenges are the main tasks of this paper. These interim objectives are as follows: 1) evaluating the changes in Lithuania’s threat perceptions causes by the vulnerabilities of the emerging cyberspace; 2) examining the internal-external security nexus entrenched in Lithuania’s cyber-security policies; 3) looking at how the internal-external security nexus is being used in... [to full text]

Many factors such as increase of the international crime rate, establishing of the free movement amongst the countries and others have been determining the importance of the international cooperation in the penal field, the aim of which is to administer justice in the penal actions, where the legal help from the foreign countries is needed. The competence of the law-enforcement officers is limited by the territory of the Republic of Lithuania thus in such cases when investigation data, witnesses or suspect himself are located in the other country, crime was committed by the country citizen abroad, convict is hiding in the foreign country etc. the authorities of the other country are addressed for legal assistance in penal action. The grounds for legal assistance are multilateral and bilateral treaties. Sending the requests and carrying them out according the national law fulfill it. Despite the fact that the communication between the two country's authorities is regulated in many acts of legislation, there are still many gaps. For instance, there are no laid down rules (except the rules regarding the European arrest warrant) when the requests for legal assistance should be send via the Office of the Prosecutor General and in which cases – via Ministry of Justice. This and many other issues are being solved in the practice relations that arise while communicating with other countries. The analysis of communication practice can be also useful as it often uncovers the... [to full text]