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Following the passage of the fifteenth and twentieth anniversaries
of the entry of many former communist states into both NATO and the
EU in 2019, this book takes a comprehensive look at the changed
security conditions of these new member states. How has NATO and EU
membership improved their overall defense protection, and what
elements are still missing for them on an individual state basis?
Lubecki and Peterson provide an invaluable assessment of defence
policies, from the stable East Central European states to the most
jeopardised Baltic states. With chapters on the Cold War defence
conditions during the last two decades of Soviet domination, the
post 1989-91 transformations in the direction of democracy, and the
impact of the 2014 Ukraine-Russia-Crimea crisis, this book is
essential reading for those seeking to understand the changed
landscape of European politics in the twenty-first century. -- .
The 2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis has raised serious questions in
the West about Russian motivations and future policy directions.
Now more than ever, it is imperative to explore the defensive
perceptions, reactions, and preparations of neighbouring countries,
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Is there a
convergence of their approaches along similar paths, or do their
different cultures and historical experiences prefigure a
divergence of their defense policies? While Slovakia, Hungary and
Czech Republic all seem to have little concern about Russia's
policies in Ukraine, the Polish response has been uniquely strong
and militarized. This book will explore reasons for the different
responses to the crisis. -- .
The 2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis has raised serious questions in
the West about Russian motivations and future policy directions.
Now more than ever, it is imperative to explore the defensive
perceptions, reactions, and preparations of neighbouring countries,
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Is there a
convergence of their approaches along similar paths, or do their
different cultures and historical experiences prefigure a
divergence of their defense policies? While Slovakia, Hungary and
Czech Republic all seem to have little concern about Russia's
policies in Ukraine, the Polish response has been uniquely strong
and militarized. This book will explore reasons for the different
responses to the crisis. -- .
Following the passage of the fifteenth and twentieth anniversaries
of the entry of many former communist states into both NATO and the
EU in 2019, this book takes a comprehensive look at the changed
security conditions of these new member states. How has NATO and EU
membership improved their overall defense protection, and what
elements are still missing for them on an individual state basis?
Utilizing alliance politics theory, convergence/divergence theory,
and defense policy theory, Lubecki and Peterson provide an
invaluable assessment of defense policies, from the stable East
Central European states to the most jeopardized Baltic states in
the north of Europe. With chapters on the Cold War defense
conditions during the last two decades of Soviet domination, the
post 1989-91 transformations in the direction of democracy, and the
impact of the 2014 Ukraine-Russia-Crimea crisis, this book is
essential reading for those seeking to understand the changed
landscape of European politics in the twenty-first century. -- .
International Studies: Introductory Readings presents students with
carefully curated readings that familiarize them with foundational
ideas within the discipline and frame international studies as an
interdisciplinary science. The opening readings presents a panorama
of international studies as a field with focus on history,
geography, political science, anthropology, economics, and regional
studies. Through an interdisciplinary lens, additional readings
explain key terms in international studies, examine the various
forms of international organizations, and introduce ideas necessary
to understand global health issues. Students learn key scientific
facts and read about the political, social, and economic
ramifications of global climate change, as well as how patriarchy
and the global oppression of women is embedded in the very
structures of our thinking. Closing chapters provide an overview of
different regions of the world, including Latin America, East Asia,
South and Central Asia, and Africa. Designed to help studies
confidently confront issues, problems, and decisions in the modern
world, International Studies is an ideal supplementary resource for
courses in political science and international studies.
The authors of this book retell the political and economic history
of East-Central Europe, the post-communist Balkans, and the Baltic
states and speculate about their future from the vantage point of
three competing forces operating in the region: territorial
imperialism, globalization, and nationalism. Exposed to imperial
aspirations, the geographic area from the Baltic Sea to the Black
Sea has in the past 150 years been subject to alternating waves of
globalization and nationalism. The nineteenth century Eastern
European empires were open to forces of economic globalization, but
all collapsed at the end of World War One. Emerging nation-states
embraced the logic of Western-led globalization but were subjugated
by Nazi and Soviet empires, which pursued policies of economic
autarchy. The demise of the Soviet empire marked the revival of
pre-1939 nation-states and the re-entry of forces of liberalism and
globalization into the region, with multiple crises of economic
transition, ethnic militancy, new forms of authoritarianism, and
external security threats. By 2010 negative, nationalist-populist
reactions against crises that globalization brought to Eastern
Europe became the dominant political trend. The analysis involves
the consideration about the very contemporary factors of Brexit and
COVID, as well as Russia’s and China’s influences, and their
effects on Eastern Europe.
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