This volume focuses on four former Soviet sub-regions (the Baltic Sea region, the Slavic republics, the Black Sea region, and Central Asia) to explore the degree of democratic security, which includes de-politicization of, and civilian oversight of, the military, resolution of conflicts by international co-operation, and involvement in international organizations. It examines how far states in these regions have developed co-operative foreign and security policies towards their immediate neighbours and key Western states and organizations, explores the interplay between internal and external...

This book addresses the issue of grand strategic stability in the 21^st century, and examines the role of the key centres of global power - US, EU, Russia, China and India - in managing contemporary strategic threats.

This edited volume examines the cooperative and conflictual capacity of Great Powers to manage increasingly interconnected strategic threats (not least, terrorism and political extremism, WMD proliferation, fragile states, regional crises and conflict and the energy-climate nexus) in the 21^st century. The contributors question whether global order...

This study examines the whole question of Russian regions and regionalism. It considers a range of themes related to regionalism, including demography, security, the military and international relations.