[PDF] Security Challenges In The Baltic States Ukraine And Belarus eBook

Author : Musa Khan Jalalzai
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 40,68 MB
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9390439477

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There are different perceptions in the west about Russian interference in the EU; some states see Russia as a friendly partner, and some view it as a hostile power, but, majority of states want to maintain friendly relations with Russia. These factors matter, and the relations with and perceptions of Russia certainly differ between various countries. It is noted that the US and NATO presence in Eastern Europe was a bigger challenge to the national security of Russian Federation, and that the US wanted to pressure Germany to undermine the Nord Stream-2 pipeline project. The construction of the controversial natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 has been delayed for months and completion is increasingly at risk after the US imposed sanctions on involved companies and threatened further steps. The pipeline under the Baltic Sea has been the subject of heated debate for years. The book focuses on the Security Challenges faced by the Baltic States, Ukraine and Belarus.

Author : Olav Fagelund Knudsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,30 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 113523289X

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The book examines the security puzzles posed by the remaining legacies of dominance and conflict in the Baltic Sea region as governments seek to integrate the three Baltic sates in a more stable system of cooperative security.

Author : Heinz Gärtner
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 15,67 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781555879303

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A central point of controversy among both academics and policymakers is the nature and significance of security in the post-Cold War world. Engaging that discussion, this collection explores the new security challenges facing Europe.

Author : Graeme P. Herd
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415297325

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This book 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" has been established.

Author : Andris Sprūds
Publisher :
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
ISBN : 9789934567728

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The 2020 post-electoral crisis and the widespread state violence in Belarus came as a surprise to many – both in Belarus, as well as near and far beyond its borders. The events that followed, most notably the landing of a Lithuania-bound civilian aircraft and Belarusian instigated migrant crisis in 2021, only aggravated the unease. While many aspects of the developments in Belarus and the role of Russia in the country have been subject to extensive discussions and studies, the military implications of the crisis to Belarus’ immediate neighbours – NATO member states – have been less discussed both before and after 2020. This publication gathers assessments from all three Baltic states and Poland, as well as from the “other side of the fence”, i.e., by authors from Belarus and Russia, Poland and the Baltic states, save for Estonia, share a land border with Belarus. All four have been at the forefront of the NATO deterrence measures against Russia since the Ukrainian-Russian military conflict unfolded in 2014. For all four and NATO at large, the events in Belarus added an additional layer of complexity in crafting an effective and credible defence and deterrence approach. Meanwhile, the events in Belarus changed the military cooperation dynamics between Belarus and Russia as well, with domestic and international implications.

Author : Regina Cowen Karp
Publisher : Sipri Monograph
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,40 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198291695

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V. The return of history.

Author : Olevs Nikers
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,65 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Politique militaire
ISBN : 9780998666051

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The Baltic Security Strategy Report provides an indepth security review of the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. As highlighted in this important work, the Baltic States' various national and collective strategies to address recurring regional threats since achieving statehood over a hundred years ago present notable case studies useful to contemporary policymakers and defense planners. Scholars Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns based this report on a series of discussions and workshops involving key European and American experts and stakeholders engaged in Baltic regional security matters. The participating experts assessed current challenges pertaining to defense and deterrence, societal security, economic security and cyber security. In addition to exploring the security considerations of each of the three Baltic States, the workshop discussions and resulting papers collected in this report specifically examine avenues of subregional cooperation that may prove more potent than individual national effort in certain fields. Consequently, the authors provide a detailed list of recommendations on how to proceed with a more coherent, goaloriented, and efficient regional cooperation strategy that serves to buttress the security of each of the Baltic States and the Transatlantic community more broadly. The report is a rich guide to issues and opportunities of Baltic intraregional security, and a valuable resource for policymakers, advisors, scholars and defensesector professionals on both sides of the Atlantic.

Author : Michael E. O'Hanlon
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815732589

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In this new Brookings Marshall Paper, Michael O'Hanlon argues that now is the time for Western nations to negotiate a new security architecture for neutral countries in eastern Europe to stabilize the region and reduce the risks of war with Russia. He believes NATO expansion has gone far enough. The core concept of this new security architecture would be one of permanent neutrality. The countries in question collectively make a broken-up arc, from Europe's far north to its south: Finland and Sweden; Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus; Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan; and finally Cyprus plus Serbia, as well as possibly several other Balkan states. Discussion on the new framework should begin within NATO, followed by deliberation with the neutral countries themselves, and then formal negotiations with Russia. The new security architecture would require that Russia, like NATO, commit to help uphold the security of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and other states in the region. Russia would have to withdraw its troops from those countries in a verifiable manner; after that, corresponding sanctions on Russia would be lifted. The neutral countries would retain their rights to participate in multilateral security operations on a scale comparable to what has been the case in the past, including even those operations that might be led by NATO. They could think of and describe themselves as Western states (or anything else, for that matter). If the European Union and they so wished in the future, they could join the EU. They would have complete sovereignty and self-determination in every sense of the word. But NATO would decide not to invite them into the alliance as members. Ideally, these nations would endorse and promote this concept themselves as a more practical way to ensure their security than the current situation or any other plausible alternative.