Renata Dwan - Building Security in Europes New Borderlands

BUILDING SECURITY IN EUROPES NEW BORDERLANDS

BUILDING SECURITY IN THE NEW STATES OF EURASIA

Subregional Cooperation in the Former Soviet Space

Edited by

Renata Dwan and Oleksandr Pavliuk

A project of the EastWest Institute

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BUILDING SECURITY IN EUROPES NEW BORDERLANDS

SUBREGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE WIDER EUROPE

EDITED BY

RENATA DWAN

First published 1999 by M.E. Sharpe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Building Security in Europes new borderlands : subregional cooperation in the wider Europe / Edited by Renata Dwan

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7656-0531-7 (cloth : alk paper)

1. Europe, EasternForeign relations. 2. Europe, EasternEconomic integration. 3. European cooperation. I. Dwan, Renata.

JZ1570.B85 1999

327.17094dc21 99-38505

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ISBN 13: 9780765605313 (hbk)

Contents

Renata Dwan

Anders Bjurner

Charles King

Oleksandr Pavliuk

Sophia Clment

Plamen Pantev

S. Neil MacFarlane

Arif Yunusov

Andrew Cottey

Renata Dwan

Since 1996 the EastWest Institute has been running a major research and policy-forming project on the nature and function of subregional cooperation in the new Europe. The project aims to explore existing and emerging cooperative processes among groups of states; examine the contribution subregional cooperation can make to security and stability in post-Cold War Europe; and assess the factors that influence this form of cooperation. Examination of the policies of international organizations towards subregional cooperation and, where appropriate, recommendations to them constitute an important element of the project. The project is generously supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The first year of the project addressed six existing subregional groups: the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, the Council of Baltic Sea States, the Visegrad Group, the Central European Free Trade Initiative, the Central European Initiative, and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. Emerging patterns of subregional cooperation in the borderlands of Europe were the focus of the projects second year. This book reflects the conclusions of this phase. In the third and final year of the project, the prospects for subregional cooperation in and around the CIS space will be explored in greater depth. A further edited volume will accompany this final stage.

Over the course of the project, seminars and meetings have taken place throughout Europe, bringing together academics, national policymakers, representatives of non-governmental organizations, and officials from international organizations to collectively explore various aspects and examples of subregional cooperation. The project has had the good fortune to be guided by an international steering board, the members of which are drawn from senior national and international positions and serve in their personal capacity. This group meets twice annually to review the progress of the project. EWI has also benefited from communication and coordination with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), particularly in the organization of OSCE-led conferences on subregional security and cooperation. EWI would like to express its thanks to all those who have participated in one way or another in the project. The generosity with which individuals and other organizations have shared their knowledge, experience, and opinions has been greatly appreciated.

Particular thanks are due to a number of people who have assisted in the production of this book, not least the contributing authors and the projects steering board. The author would like to express special gratitude to Oleksandr Pavliuk for his comments and support. Michael Goldman Donally translated Arif Yunusovs text from the Russian. Editing assistance was provided by Kenneth Kronenberg and EWI interns Megan Phillips and Ondrej Simek. EWIs Scott Rogers was responsible for preparing the final text for publication. The contents of the book, however, remain solely the responsibility of the editor and the authors. They should not be construed as reflecting the views of the EastWest Institute, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, or the Subregional Project Steering Board.

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