Bordering Russia

by Mouritzen, Hans

• ISBN13: 9781855219595
• ISBN10: 185521959X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Dartmouth Pub Co

Summary

A key dilemma in Western policy towards Russia in recent years is whether to admit all those countries into NATO and the EU that wish to join, or to respect Russian sensitivities and be more selective. The dilemma is at its peak for those countries bordering Russia; they are the ones who fear Russia the most, but whose integration into the West provoke Russia the most, a situation likely to strengthen Russian non-democratic forces. This is the dilemma that the present volume evolves around. Apart from stressing geo-political fundamentals and the countries' historical experiences, the book is also future-orientated: will Europe's Baltic rim become an outpost of the West with an Iron curtain to its East, will it become an extensive 'grey-zone', or will the countries become Western bridge-builders eastwards?.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vi	(1)
List of Abbreviations	vii	(2)
List of Contributors	ix	(2)
Preface	xi
1 Focus and Axioms	1	(14)
Hans Mouritzen
2 The Russia Dimension	15	(58)
Alexander Sergounin
3 The West Dimension	73	(18)
Hans Mouritzen
4 Finland	91	(18)
Hans Mouritzen
5 Estonia	109	(22)
Mare Haab
6 Latvia	131	(34)
Zaneta Ozolina
7 Lithuania	165	(30)
Grazina Miniotaite
8 Poland	195	(32)
Wojciech Kostecki
9 Foreign Military Assistance	227	(32)
Michael Clemmesen
10 Prospects for Europe's Baltic Rim	259	(24)
Clive Archer
11 Lessons for Alliance Theory	283	(12)
Hans Mouritzen
Bibliography	295	(20)
Index	315