NATO's Eastern agenda in a new strategic era / F. Stephen Larrabee.

• Author: Larrabee, F. Stephen.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Notes: "MR-1744."

NATO'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.

Table of Contents

PREFACE; 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

REGIONAL 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

THE 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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