The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe: Continuing Democratic Reform and Adapting to the Needs of Fighting Terrorism

ISBN-13: 9783790825244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 276 str.

Philipp H. Fluri; Gustav E. Gustenau; Plamen I. Pantev

Opis

It is a notorious fact that the evolution of civil-military relations and the security sector reform in South-East Europe has to deal with post-totalitarian and post-conflict challenges. The book examines these issues in the context of the adaptation to combating terrorism and the need to be effective in this struggle, while continuing the democratic reforms in the individual countries. A team of authors from all South-East European states, Western Europe and North America draws a complicated, yet logically evolving picture of the problems in the security sector reform field of the region, and proves the validity of the particular research area. This comprehensive study concludes that the security sector in the region is becoming increasingly mature, but also faces a variety of uncompleted tasks.

Recenzje

Aus den Rezensionen:

"Das Niveau der zivil-militärischen Beziehungen ist ... für einen demokratischen Rechtsstaat bedeutend ... Die Staaten in Südosteuropa im Allgemeinen und die Staaten am Westbalkan im Besonderen waren und sind diesbezüglich mit speziellen Herausforderungen konfrontiert, daher wird im vorliegenden Sammelwerk genau diese hoch aktuelle Problematik im geopolitisch sensiblen Raum behandelt. Das Sammelwerk ... beinhaltet Beiträge von fünfzehn Autoren aus elf Staaten ... Zusammenfassend sei ... anzumerken, dass die einzelnen Beiträge trotz unterschiedlicher Schwerpunkte einen guten Überblick über den Entwicklungsstand der zivilmilitärischen Beziehungen im jeweiligen Land darstellen" (Rastislav Báchora, in: Der Donauraum, 2006, Issue 3-4, S. 279 f.)

Spis treści

Old and New Security Risks and Instability in the Balkans.- Theoretic Preconditions of Fighting Terrorism: The View from South East Europe.- State Violence, State Weakness — Explaining the Plethora of Security Risks and Instability in South East Europe.- Civil-Military Relations, Democratic Control of the Armed Forces and Security Sector Reform During the Fight Against Terrorism.- Civil-Military Relations: Continuity and Change in an Age of Terror.- Untying the Gordian Noose: Humanitarian Law, Democratic Control and the New Security Environment.- The Process of Reform of Civil-Military Relations, the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces and the Security Sector in South East Europe and the Impact of the Launch of the Counter-Terrorist Campaign: The National Perspectives.- Process of Reform of Civil-Military Relations, the Democratic Control of Armed Forces and the Security Sector in Albania.- Civil-Military Relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Bulgaria: Completing Requirements for NATO Membership, Accelerating the Security Sector Reform and Adapting to the Counter-Terrorism Era.- The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe: The Case of Croatia.- The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe: The Case of Greece.- Regulating the Intelligence System and Oversight in the Hungarian Constitutional Democracy.- Macedonian Reform Perspectives.- Romania’s Participation in the Fight Against International Terrorism: Implications for Civil-Military Relations and the Security Sector Reform.- The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in FRY/the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.- Towards Civilian Supremacy: Civil-Military Relations in Slovenia.- Civil-Military Relations in Turkey.- Analysis and Conclusions.

Blurb

It is notorious that the evolution of civil-military relations and the security sector reform in South East Europe has to deal with post-totalitarian and post-conflict challenges. The book treats these issues also in the context of the adaptation to fighting terrorism and the need to be effective in this struggle while continuing the democratic reforms in the individual countries. A team of authors from all South East European states, Western Europe and North America draws the complicated, yet logically evolving picture of the problems in the security sector reform field of the region and proves the validity of the particular research area. The comprehensive study concludes there is a rising maturity of the security sector in the region, but also a variety of uncompleted tasks.