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This book addresses the issue of grand strategic stability in the 21st 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 21st century. The contributors question whether global order wi.

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Maps""; ""Introduction: The Sixteenth-Century Legacy""; ""New Beginnings, 1603�1625""; ""From Decline to Disruption, 1625�1649""; ""Crisis, Interregnum and Restoration, 1649�1663""; ""The Struggle for Revival, 1663�1676""; ""Towards Termination, 1676�1688""; ""Endgame, 1688�1698""; ""Conclusion: Seventeenth-Century Legacy""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Security Dynamics in the Former Soviet Bloc 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 to which 'democratic security', which includes de-politicisation of, and civilian oversight of, the military, resolution of conflicts by international cooperation, and involvement in international organisations. It examines how far states in these regions have developed cooperative foreign and security policies towards their immediate neighbours and key Western states and organisations, explore.

Viktorova, J.: Introduction. Borders, regions and security: on an intersection. - S. 15-34. Sweedler, A.: Security in international border regions. - S. 35-45. Käkkönen, J.: Green security: security discourse in a globalising world. - S. 47-72. Joenniemi, P.: The Baltic security dialogue: beyond bipolar divides. - S. 73-89. Forsberg, T.: Soft means for hard security: Finland and the Northern Dimension of the European Union. - S. 91-105. Kempe, I.: The framework of direct neighbourhood: relations between an enlarged European Union and the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. - S. 107-119. Herd, G.P.: Russian systemic transformation and its impact on Russo-Baltic relations. - S. 121-132. Sergounin, A.: Russia and transborder security challenges in Northern Europe: defining a co-operative agenda. - S. 133-171. Makarychev, A.: Border regions of Russia: opportunities and challenges. - S. 173-193. Fairlie, L.: Will Kaliningrad become a case study in 'regionalities'? - S. 195-217. Janusauskas, R.: The 'Kaliningrad puzzle' in Lithuanian and Russian political discourses. - S. 219-249. Feldman, M.: Russia and Europe in the Estonian security discourse. - S. 254-264. Virkkunen, J.: Boundaries and scale in the formation of northeast Estonian security. - S. 265-275

Introduction: Russia and its Near Neighbours; M.R.Freire & R.E.Kanet 1. - PART I: DETERMINANTS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY. - 1 Russia's Vital and Exclusive National Interests in the Near Abroad; R.Laenen 17. - 2 Domestic Influences on Russian Foreign Policy: Status, Interests and Ressentiment; H.Smith 39. - 3 Nationalist Grievance and Russian Foreign Policy? The Case of Georgia; L.March 63. - 4 The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War: Which Side Went First?; J.B.Dunlop 89. - PART II: RUSSIA AND THE CIS. - 5 Whose Near Abroad? Dilemmas in Russia's Declared Sphere of Privileged Interests; J.Russell 109. - 6 Russia's European Security Treaty and the Kyrgyz Crisis; G.Herd 129. - 7 Central Asia in Russian and US Foreign Policy: Between Continuity and 'Reset'; L.Simão 152. - 8 Russia's Foreign Policy towards Central Asia; D.Digol 174. - PART III: ENERGY IN RUSSIAN-CIS RELATIONS. - 9 Strategic Security and Russian Resource Diplomacy; M.Sussex 203. - 10 Russian Resource Politics toward the CIS Countries under Medvedev; B.Nygren 223. - 11 Russia's Energy Policies in Eurasia: Empowerment or Entrapment?; M.R.Freire 246. - 12 Russian Energy Policy in the South Caucasus; L.Arakelyan & R.E.Kanet 265. - Conclusion; M.R.Freire & R.E.Kanet 287