LEADER 04789nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910220135903321 005 20230617010842.0 010 $a0-8330-3610-6 035 $a(CKB)111090529191284 035 $a(EBL)197456 035 $a(OCoLC)437057184 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000208542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11183780 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243871 035 $a(PQKB)10920527 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL197456 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10056168 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC197456 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090529191284 100 $a20030806d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNATO's Eastern agenda in a new strategic era$b[electronic resource] /$fF. Stephen Larrabee 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $a"MR-1744." 311 $a0-8330-3467-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter One NATO'S EASTERN AGENDA IN A NEW STRATEGIC ERA; THE ROAD TO PRAGUE; NATO'S POST-PRAGUE AGENDA IN THE EAST; THE CHANGING STRATEGIC CONTEXT; FOCUS OF THIS STUDY; Chapter Two CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION; THE WANING NATIONALIST TEMPTATION; A GENERATIONAL CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP; THE CHANGING PARTY LANDSCAPE; MILITARY INTEGRATION AND REFORM; CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS; THE IMPACT OF THE KOSOVO CONFLICT; THE IMPACT OF SEPTEMBER 11; CENTRAL EUROPE AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; CENTRAL EUROPE AND ESDP 327 $aREGIONAL COOPERATIONGERMANY'S NEW ZWANG NACH OSTEN; POLAND'S GROWING REGIONAL ROLE; THE SECOND ROUND OF ENLARGEMENT; THE "NEW EUROPE" AND THE NEW NATO; THE FUTURE OF THE VILNIUS GROUP; THE WESTERN BALKANS; Chapter Three BALTIC SECURITY; MILITARY MODERNIZATION AND REFORM; REGIONAL DEFENSE COOPERATION; AMERICAN POLICY; U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS AFTER PRAGUE; EUROPEAN ATTITUDES AND POLICY; THE DEFENSE OF THE BALTIC STATES; THE EUROPEAN UNION'S NORTHERN DIMENSION; NORDIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY; THE RUSSIAN FACTOR; THE ECONOMIC AND ENERGY DIMENSION; THE PROBLEM OF KALININGRAD 327 $aTHE IMPACT OF EU AND NATO ENLARGEMENT ON KALININGRADTHE BROADER IMPACT OF ENLARGEMENT ON BALTIC POLITICS AND SECURITY; THE POST-PRAGUE AGENDA IN THE BALTIC REGION; BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD; DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERS; Chapter Four UKRAINE'S UNCERTAIN "EUROPEAN CHOICE"; ETHNIC AND REGIONAL DIVISIONS; CRIMEA AND SEVASTOPOL; ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; THE IMPACT OF "KUCHMAGATE"; THE RUSSIAN FACTOR; THE AMERICAN CONNECTION; UKRAINE'S PROBLEMATIC "EUROPEAN CHOICE"; UKRAINE AND NATO; MILITARY REFORM; THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIMENSION; GUUAM AND CASPIAN COOPERATION; UKRAINE'S UNCERTAIN FUTURE 327 $aChapter Five WHITHER RUSSIA?RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN TRANSITION; RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER PUTIN; RUSSIA'S MILITARY DECLINE; MILITARY REFORM; MILITARY AND DEFENSE POLICY UNDER PUTIN; RUSSIA'S NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE AND SECURITY CONCEPT; THE CONFLICT IN CHECHNYA; RELATIONS WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES; NEW ACCENTS IN CIS POLICY UNDER PUTIN; THE CAUCASUS; CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; RELATIONS WITH WESTERN EUROPE AND THE EU; RUSSIAN ATTITUDES TOWARD ESDP; THE GERMAN FACTOR; RELATIONS WITH NATO; THE WINDS OF CHANGE 327 $aChapter Six NATO'S EASTERN AGENDA AFTER PRAGUE: IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR U.S. POLICYCONSOLIDATING THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; ENSURING THE SECURITY OF THE BALTIC STATES; DEVELOPING A POST-ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY FOR UKRAINE; DEEPENING THE RUSSIA-NATO PARTNERSHIP; ENGAGEMENT IN THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA; THE NEW STRATEGIC CONTEXT; U.S. LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT; FORGING A NEW TRANSATLANTIC CONSENSUS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 330 $aNATO's Eastern agenda faces several challenges, including consolidating the democratic transitions in Central and Eastern Europe, ensuring the security of the Baltic states, developing a post-NATO-enlargement strategy for Ukraine, deepening the Russia-NATO partnership, and engaging the Caucasus and Central Asia. The author also considers NATO's broader transformation. 606 $aWorld politics$y21st century 607 $aFormer communist countries$xMilitary relations$zEurope 607 $aEurope$xMilitary relations$zFormer communist countries 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a355/.031/0918210947 700 $aLarrabee$b F. Stephen$0879895 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220135903321 996 $aNATO's Eastern agenda in a new strategic era$91964914 997 $aUNINA