Stability and Security in the Baltic Sea Region

Abstract

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.