Stability and Security in the Baltic Sea Region : Russian, Nordic and European Aspects

ISBN-13: 9780714644929 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 287 str.

Professor Olav F. Knudsen

Opis

This work emphasizes the region as such and its complex security challenges, seen in a long-term perspective. Security is conceived of in the classical sense yet with a clear understanding of the links to the broader aspects. The book is divided in three parts: the first provides a framework of general insights and theories relevant to the region, about asymmetric power relations, historical and geopolitical factors, worldviews and political culture; the second part deals with regional policies of specific governments, those whose policies are seen to have significance (Russia, Germany, Poland, Sweden). The third part focuses on intergovernmental institutions, in particular those of the Nordic countries and the European Union, along with the WEU.

Recenzje

'This is among the more useful of recent publications on the Baltic Sea area. Refreshingly, Knudsen"s theoretical reach, outlined in the first essay, does not exceed the empirical grasp of the other authors.' - Choice

Spis treści

Part 1 General perspectives: security on the great power fringe - dilemmas old and new, Olav F. Knudsen; the historical structure of conflicts in the Baltic area and the long-term national interests of Russia, Viktor M. Sergeyev; Soviet legacy and Baltic security - the case of Kaliningrad, Jakub M. Godzimirski; international security structures and the Baltic region - the implications of alternative worldwiews, Martin O. Heiler, George Quester; worldframes and cultural perspectives with specific focus on Scandinavia and Russia, Christopher A. Leeds. Part 2 Regional policies of key actors: Russian policy in the Baltic region, Arkady Moshes; Germany's security policy in the Baltic Sea region, Axel Krohn; Polish perspectives on the Baltic security, Antoni Kaminski; Sweden and the Baltic Sea region - activism on a new arena or the end of free-riding?; estonia and Russia - interethnic relations and regional security, Peeter Vares. Part 3 Intergovernmental cooperation: the security policies and concepts of the Baltic States - learning from their Nordic neighbours? Clive Archer, Christopher Jones; bridging the Nordic-Baltic gap or - the Nordic predicament in the Baltic, Grethe Vaerno; the security of the Baltic countries - cooperation and defection, Raimo Vayrynen; the Baltic States and Europe - identity and institutions, Peter van Ham. Part 4 Concluding section: the European Union, the Baltic States and post-Soviet Russia - theoretical problems and possibilities for developing partnership relations in the north-eastern Baltic Sea region, Helmut Hobble.

O autorze

Olav Fagelund Knudsen