Bordering Russia
Theory and Prospects for Europes Baltic Rim
Edited by
HANS MOURITZEN
First published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing
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Contents
Hans Mouritzen
Alexander Sergounin
Hans Mouritzen
Hans Mouritzen
Mare Haab
Zaneta Ozolina
Grozina Miniotaite
Wojciech Kostecki
Michael Clemmesen
Clive Archer
Hans Mouritzen
BALTBAT | Baltic Peacekeeping Battallion |
BALTDEFCOL | Baltic Staff College |
BALTNET | Baltic Air Surveillance Network |
BALTRON | Baltic Naval Squadron |
BE | Baltic Entente |
CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
CBM | Confidence Building Measures |
CBSS | Council of Baltic Sea States |
CEFTA | Central European Free Trade Agreement |
CFE | Conventional Forces in Europe |
CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
CJTF | Combined Joint Task Force |
CMEA | Council of Mutual Economic Assistance |
CPRF | Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
CSCE | Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
EAPC | Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
EC | European Community |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EFT A, | European Free Trade Agreement |
EMU | Economic and Monetary Union |
ESC | European Security Council |
EU | European Union |
FCMA | Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance |
FEZ | Free Economic Zone |
FSU | Former Soviet Union |
G-7 | Group of Seven |
GATT | General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GNP | Gross National Product |
IGC | Inter Governmental Conference |
IM | Internal Market |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IR | International Relations Theory |
KOR | Kaliningrad Special Defence District |
LDPR | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia |
LPF | Latvian Popular Front |
MD | Military District |
MFN | Most Favoured Nation |
MP | Member of Parliament |
NACC | North Atlantic Cooperation Council |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
OMRI | Open Media Research Institute |
OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
PfP | Partnership for Peace |
RSFSR | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
SEZ | Special Economic Zone |
SKAT | Volunteer National Defence Organization of Lithuania |
SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
START | Strategic Arms Limitations Talks |
UN | United Nations |
WEU | Western European Union |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
Clive Archer, b. 1947, PhD, research professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Department of Politics and Philosophy.
Michael Clemmesen, b. 1944, colonel, historian, Danish defence attach to the Baltic states during the writing of his contribution.
Mare Haab, b. 1957, research fellow at the Institute of International and Social Studies, Estonian Academy of Sciences, during the writing of her contribution.
Wojciech Kostecki, b. 1956, PhD, senior research fellow at the Institute for Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences.
Grazina Miniotaite, b. 1948, PhD, senior research fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of Philosophy and Sociology.
Hans Mouritzen, b. 1952, Dr.scient.pol., senior research fellow at DUPI, the Danish Institute of International Affairs.
Zaneta Ozolina, b. 1957, PhD, research fellow at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs.
Alexander Sergounin, b. 1960, PhD, professor at the University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
A key dilemma in Western policy towards Russia these years is whether to admit all those countries into NATO and the EU that wish to join, or to respect Russian sensitivities and be more selective. The dilemma is put on its peak for the countries bordering Russia; they are the ones who fear Russia the most, but they are also the ones whose integration into the West provokes Russia the most, and is likely to strengthen Russian non-democratic forces. This is the dilemma that the present volume evolves around; the discussion is focused on five countries bordering Russia: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.