The EU-Russia Centre Review. Russia, the OSCE and European Security

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006028576. Isbn: 0–275–99328–0. First published in 2007. Praeger Security International, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Ct 06881. An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Contents. Preface vii. Introduction. Chapter 1 Russia and the Mediterranean Countries of the Arab East. (Syria-Lebanon-Jordan). Chapter 2 Russian-Palestinian Relations: A historical. and Political Analysis. Chapter 3 Russia and Iraq...

Ashgate, 2011, 194 p. While the European Union (EU) is widely perceived as a model for regional integration, the encouragement of regional co-operation also ranks high among its foreign policy priorities. Drawing on a wealth of sources and extensive fieldwork conducted in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Laure Delcour questions the pursuit of this external objective in EU policies implemented in the CIS and the existence of an EU...

PART I The Grammar of Security: Cultural Assumptions, Preferences, and Policies 2 The Framework of Analysis: Security, Grand Strategy, and Culture 3 Is Talk Really Cheap? Language as an Interface between Culture and Behavior 4 A nalyzing Security Discourses and Practices: ATypology 69 PART II The Discourse and Practice of the Esdp: Between Auto-communicati on, and Power Projection 5 C ontextualizing the Discourse on the European Security and De...

Introduction Theoretical Complementarity and Multi-causal Social Mechanisms in the Study of International Relations Theorising EU–Russia Institutionalised Interaction Multi-method Analysis in a Study of International Institutionalisation Establishing the Baseline: Negotiating the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 1992–94 Comparing the Strategy Documents The Second Chechen War The Four Common Spaces The Northern Dimension Conclusions

Series: The European Union Series. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 315 pp. This major text by a leading authority on European security provides a full assessment of the historical, political and systemic reasons behind the rise of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Introduction: A New Security Actor on the World Stage Disputed Origins - True and False Drivers Behind ESDP Decision-Making: The Politico-Institutional Framework The Instrume...

Routledge, 2005-06-21 385 pages After a period of relative weakness and instability during most of the 1990s, Russia is again appearing as a major security player in world politics. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Russia's current security situation, addressing such questions as: What kind of player is Russia in the field of security? What is the essence of its security policy? What are the sources, capabilities and priori...

P.15 Russia and Europe: Same Continent, Separate Entities Russia and Europe are drifting apart and evidences to the contrary are rather few. Doubtlessly, that for the moment the sides represent mainly inconsistent subjects in terms of how they conceptually expound their historical past and project their own experience to the future. In any case, domestic needs for both changes and conservations of the existing social structures generate mostly n...

Scientific article, Geneva, European University Institute, Working Paper Robert Schuman Centre No 98/49, 1998, 22 pages. Review of ethnic minorities problem in East Central Europe (history, current situation, tendancies) and their influence to the EU east-enlargement.

Introduction Russia’s Domestic Situation Russia’s Economy and Russian Resources for Defense Russian Foreign Policy Russia’s Defense and Security Policy Today’s Russia: Implications for the United States Bibliography

Introduction; S.Wolff& R.G.Whitman PART I: THE STUDY OF THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY European Union Normative Power in the European Neighbourhood Policy; I.Manners Identity Construction through the ENP; B.Tonra The ENP, Security and Democracy in the Context of the European Security Strategy; S.Biscop The ENP's Strategic Conception and Design: Overstretching the Enlargement Template? ; C.Gebhard PART II: MAKING SENSE OF THE EUROPEAN NEIG...