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Author:   Olav Fagelund Knudsen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780714649320

ISBN 10:   0714649325
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   29 April 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 General perspectives: security on the great power fringe - dilemmas old and new, Olav F. Knudsen; the historical structure of conflicts in the Baltic area and the long-term national interests of Russia, Viktor M. Sergeyev; Soviet legacy and Baltic security - the case of Kaliningrad, Jakub M. Godzimirski; international security structures and the Baltic region - the implications of alternative worldwiews, Martin O. Heiler, George Quester; worldframes and cultural perspectives with specific focus on Scandinavia and Russia, Christopher A. Leeds. Part 2 Regional policies of key actors: Russian policy in the Baltic region, Arkady Moshes; Germany's security policy in the Baltic Sea region, Axel Krohn; Polish perspectives on the Baltic security, Antoni Kaminski; Sweden and the Baltic Sea region - activism on a new arena or the end of free-riding?; estonia and Russia - interethnic relations and regional security, Peeter Vares. Part 3 Intergovernmental cooperation: the security policies and concepts of the Baltic States - learning from their Nordic neighbours? Clive Archer, Christopher Jones; bridging the Nordic-Baltic gap or - the Nordic predicament in the Baltic, Grethe Vaerno; the security of the Baltic countries - cooperation and defection, Raimo Vayrynen; the Baltic States and Europe - identity and institutions, Peter van Ham. Part 4 Concluding section: the European Union, the Baltic States and post-Soviet Russia - theoretical problems and possibilities for developing partnership relations in the north-eastern Baltic Sea region, Helmut Hobble.

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'This is among the more useful of recent publications on the Baltic Sea area. Refreshingly, Knudsen s theoretical reach, outlined in the first essay, does not exceed the empirical grasp of the other authors.' - Choice

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