DEFENSE POLICIES OF EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AFTER 1989 creating stability in a... time of uncertainty.

"The 2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis has raised serious questions in the West about Russian motivations and future policy directions. Now more than ever, it is imperative to explore the defensive perceptions, reactions, and preparations of neighboring countries-- the Czech Republic, Hungary, Pola...

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Autor principal: PETERSON, JAMES W.. LUBECKI, JACEK
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: [S.l.] : MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS, 2020.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.21995995
Sumário:
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations and acronyms. Introduction and overview
  • Theoretical framework: liberalism, realism, and constructivism
  • Empires and peripheries: security and defense realities of East-Central Europe
  • Communism and late communism: from forced convergence to divergence
  • The Czech Republic: a reluctant ally
  • Hungary: imperial legacies and post-imperial realities
  • Poland: return to the West?
  • Slovakia: politics from the periphery
  • Recapitulation: from convergence to divergence and back? References
  • Index.