{"product_id":"defending-eastern-europe-the-defense-policies-of-new-nato-and-eu-member-states-9781526171870","title":"Defending Eastern Europe: The Defense Policies of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the passage of the fifteenth and twentieth anniversaries of the entry of many former communist states into both NATO and the EU in 2019, this book takes a comprehensive look at the changed security conditions of these new member states. How has NATO and EU membership improved their overall defence protection, and what elements are still missing for them on an individual state basis?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUtilising alliance politics theory, convergence\/divergence theory and defence policy theory, the book provides an invaluable assessment of defence policies, from the stable East Central European states to the most jeopardised Baltic states in the north of Europe. With chapters on the Cold War defence conditions during the last two decades of Soviet domination, post 1989–91 transformations in the direction of democracy and the impact of the 2014 Ukraine–Russia–Crimea crisis, this book is essential reading for those seeking to understand the changed landscape of European politics in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: membership anniversaries and theoretical security models – James W. Peterson and Jacek Lubecki\u003cbr\u003e2 Cold War security experiences of Eastern European States – Jacek Lubecki\u003cbr\u003e3 Anti-communist revolutions and the emergence of states responsible for their own defense – Jacek Lubecki\u003cbr\u003e4 NATO: Partnership for Peace (PfP) and a staggered admission process – James W. Peterson\u003cbr\u003e5 The EU as a security provider in Eastern Europe – Michael Baun\u003cbr\u003e   6 Secure East-Central European NATO members: the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia – James W. Peterson and Jacek Lubecki\u003cbr\u003e  7 Stable Balkan NATO\/EU members: Albania and Bulgaria – Ivan P. Nikolov and James W. Peterson\u003cbr\u003e  8 Vulnerability of former Yugoslav NATO (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia) and non-NATO (Bosnia-Herzegovina,    Kosovo, and Serbia) states – James W. Peterson\u003cbr\u003e  9 States with significant security issues: Poland, Romania, and Moldova – Jacek Lubecki and James W. Peterson\u003cbr\u003e  10 Challenged Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – Olavi Arens\u003cbr\u003e  11 Conclusion: moving beyond the 15-20-year anniversaries to stable policies in a time of constant political turmoil – James W. Peterson and Jacek Lubecki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041039188311,"sku":"9781526171870","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526171870.jpg?v=1750948709","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/defending-eastern-europe-the-defense-policies-of-new-nato-and-eu-member-states-9781526171870","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}