In recent years, the question of the post-Cold War NATO, particularly in relation to the former communist countries of Europe, has been at the heart of a series of international reform debates. NATO in the "New Europe" contributes to these debates by arguing that, contrary to conventional assumptions about the role of international security organizations, NATO has been systematically involved in the process of building liberal democracy in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The book also seeks to contribute to the development of an international political...
In recent years, the question of the post-Cold War NATO, particularly in relation to the former communist countries of Europe, has been at the heart o...
This book examines the practices enacted by three key institutions of the transatlantic security community-the EU, NATO and the OSCE--in the name of combating international terrorism, and analyzes the ways in which those practices have both been affected by and contributed to changes in the field of security. It argues that contemporary attempts to respond to the perceived threat of international terrorism reflect a particular ethos of risk-management and involve a combination of two different-an inclusive and an exclusionary--logics of security. The book examines the interplay between the...
This book examines the practices enacted by three key institutions of the transatlantic security community-the EU, NATO and the OSCE--in the name of c...
This book examines the dynamics and implications of processes of commercialization of security that have occurred following the collapse of communist regimes, and focuses on four East European polities - Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
This book examines the dynamics and implications of processes of commercialization of security that have occurred following the collapse of communist ...