TY - BOOK ID - 78143098 TI - Security Dynamics in the Former Soviet Bloc AU - Herd, Graeme AU - Moroney, Jennifer PY - 2003 SN - 1138371033 1136497811 1315016125 9781136497810 129970008X 9781299700086 041529732X 9780415297325 041529732X 9780415297325 9781138371033 9781315016122 9781136497889 1136497889 PB - London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, DB - UniCat KW - National security KW - Post-communism KW - Democratization KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - Political science KW - New democracies KW - Former Soviet republics KW - CIS countries KW - Commonwealth of Independent States countries KW - Ex-Soviet republics KW - Ex-Soviet states KW - Former Soviet states KW - New Independent States (Former Soviet republics) KW - Newly Independent States (Former Soviet republics) KW - NIS (Former Soviet republics) KW - Foreign relations. KW - Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78143098 AB - Security Dynamics in the Former Soviet Bloc focuses on four former Soviet sub-regions (the Baltic Sea region, the Slavic republics, the Black Sea region, and Central Asia) to explore the degree to which 'democratic security', which includes de-politicisation of, and civilian oversight of, the military, resolution of conflicts by international cooperation, and involvement in international organisations. It examines how far states in these regions have developed cooperative foreign and security policies towards their immediate neighbours and key Western states and organisations, explores the interplay between internal and external aspects of democratic security building, and uses case-study examples to show how inter-state bi-lateral and multi-lateral relations are developing. ER -