Dr. Ringailė Kuokštytė
Senior Researcher
Additional info
ringaile.kuokstyte@tspmi.vu.lt
Ringailė holds a PhD in Political Science from Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) University. After starting her career as a diplomat specializing in multilateral affairs, she transitioned to academia, focusing on NATO members’ defence spending, EU defence integration, and spatial econometrics. Since 2019, she has been affiliated with the Lithuanian Military Academy. Her research (together with co-authors) has been published in leading journals, including Political Science Research and Methods, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, and The Economists’ Voice. In 2022, she was awarded a Fulbright Visiting Scholarship, which allowed her to conduct research at Texas A&M University. Beyond academia, Ringailė contributes to Lithuanian and international media and expert platforms (e.g., Le Rubicon). Since September 2024, she leads at Vilnius University the Research Council of Lithuania project entitled “A Quantitative and Causal Analysis of NATO Allies’ Defence Spending: A Comprehensive Investigation into the Free Riding Phenomenon” (Nr. S-MIP-24-33).
Research interests
Defence Spending
European Defence Integration
International Cooperation
Quantitative Methods
Publications
Kuokštytė, R. (2024). Analysing the European Defence Fund’s financing distribution across EU countries: what drives national participation in defence-industrial integration projects?. Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review, 22(1), 29-54. https://doi.org/10.47459/lasr.2024.22.2
Kuokštytė, R. (2024). EU defence policy: between functionalism, national interests, and transatlantic realities. Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 16(2), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2023-0011
Kuokštytė, R., & Kuokštis, V. (2024). A spatiotemporal analysis of NATO member states' defense spending: how much do allies actually free ride?. Political Science Research and Methods, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2024.39
Becker, J., Kuokštytė, R., & Kuokštis, V. (2023). The political economy of transatlantic security–A policy perspective. The Economists' Voice, 20(1), 55-77. https://doi.org/10.1515/ev-2022-0029
Kuokštis, V., & Kuokštytė, R. (2023). How institutions moderated the pandemic’s economic impact in EU member states. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 61(2), 503-525. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13385
Kuokštis, V., & Kuokštytė, R. (2023). Russia’s war against Ukraine: A Lithuanian perspective. International Journal of Politics and Media, 2(1), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.26524/ijpm.2.7
