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Book SynopsisThis timely book examines post-communist developments in Russia, central Europe, and the Balkans, emphasizing foreign and security policies and their domestic linkages. Framed around the concepts of globalization and regime change, the rich set of case studies traces the repercussions for politicians and institutions forced to adjust to the disappearance of the “East” from the cold war’s East-West polarity. The contributors explore how each country has grappled with such questions as how to change from one party to many, how to create viable market economies, and how to restructure security alliances. They conclude by considering the prospects for further regime change from democracies to hybrid systems and the implications for the future of the European Union.
Trade ReviewThis important book by some of the best scholars in the field will be an essential read for all those who wish to better understand this crucial but long-neglected part of Europe. -- M. Mark Stolarik, University of Ottawa
The chapters in this volume provide a rich cabinet of studies analyzing how the people and governments of Russia and East Central Europe have reacted to the rapid and often-dramatic changes in their world since the end of the Cold War. Enormously useful both for its detailed case studies and its effective employment of notions of globalization, domestic and international regime change, and what the editors term the ‘codependency’ of these phenomena. -- Ronald H. Linden, professor emeritus, University of Pittsburgh
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1 Introduction
Robin Alison Remington
2 Russia: The Importation of Western Concepts and Their Effect on EU-Russian Relations
Tatiana Romanova
3 Regime Change in Post-Soviet Russia: A Bottom-Up View from the Countryside
David J. O’Brien and Valery V. Patsiorkovsky
4 Poland: An Engine of the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy?
Joanna Kaminska
5 The Incoherence of Czech Domestic Politics and Its Foreign-Policy Consequences
Carol Skalnik Leff and Olena Betlii
6 Czech National Security: Balancing NATO and EU Responsibilities
James W. Peterson
7 The Czech Republic and the Sudeten Germans: The End of Conflict?
Robert K. Evanson
8 In The Nick of Time: The Politics of European and Trans-Atlantic Integration in Slovakia
Carol Skalnik Leff
9 A New East-West Divide in Europe: Immigration as Rift between Hungary and the EU
Katalin Fábián
10 Codependency as Survival: Romania, the Warsaw Pact, NATO, and the EU
Larry L. Watts
11 Re-inventing Yugoslavia: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Francine Friedman
12 Transitions in Europe: The Celtic Polities and Kosovo
Kurt W. Jefferson
13 Terrorism or Non-Violence: Competing Paradigms for Post-Cold War Europe and Russia
Paul Wallace and Robert K. Evanson
14 Conclusions
Robert K. Evanson
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
