Post-communist states in the world community : selected papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European studies, Warsaw, 1995

Post-Communist States in the World Community provides a selection of papers on various aspects of the foreign and security policies of the post-communist states of Europe presented originally at the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies in Warsaw. The articles cover Russian foreign and security policy, Russian policy in Europe, the foreign policies of the countries of East-Central Europe and Russian policy in East Asia. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Post-Communist States in the World Community: Legacies, Challenges and Prescriptions....Pages 3-17 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Post-Soviet Russian Foreign Policy: Domestic Debates, the ‘Near Abroad’ and the West....Pages 21-45 The Impact of Nationalism on Russian Foreign Policy ....Pages 46-61 Russia and Stability in Europe and Asia: An Institutional Model of Change ....Pages 62-83 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Russia and European Security: Old Wine in New Bottles?....Pages 87-107 Russian Security Policy and Northern Europe....Pages 108-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Re-emergence of the Left: What Does it Mean for Foreign Policy in East-Central Europe?....Pages 137-159 The Role of the Western Soviet Successor States in the Russian-East European Relationship....Pages 160-176 Threats to the Security of East-Central Europe: The Polish Case....Pages 177-190 Relationships between Ethnic and Security Issues in the Baltic States....Pages 191-199 Problems and Prospects of Central and East European Accession to GATT/WTO....Pages 200-222 American-Romanian Relations since the Restoration of MFN Status, 1989–1995....Pages 223-234 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 The Russian Federation and a New Security Order in the Asia-Pacific Region....Pages 237-262 Changes in Russia’s Foreign Policy towards Japan....Pages 263-287 Front Matter....Pages 289-289 Towards the Future: The Emergence of a New Security Order in East-Central Europe and Eurasia?....Pages 291-291 Back Matter....Pages 295-305 Understandably it is the social, political and cconomic upheavals in the former USSR and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe that have attracted the lion's share of attention from the academic community and the general public alike during the last decade. It is, however, also necessary to take note of the important linguistic changes that have accompanied these upheavals. Most of the papers in this volume deal with Russian which, as one of the languages exposed longest to 'Sovietization', has undergone a particularly complex process of readjustment. If it is still carly to draw definitive conclusions, each contribution from its own individual standpoint helps to provide a preliminary understanding of the new language situation of post-Soviet Russia. The remaining papers examine the Russian and Ukrainian languages, the position of Komi-Permiak, and ask fundamental questions about language and society. Post-Communist States in the World Economy provides a selection of essays on various aspects of the foreign and security policies of the Post-Communist States of Europe. The articles cover Russian foreign and security policy, Russian policy in Europe, the foreign policies the countries of East-Central Europe and Russian policy in East Asia. "Post-communist developments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union do not follow any predetermined pattern. The authors, all of whom are leading experts in their respective fields, analyse the diversity of the experience of democratisation in a number of different settings and contexts."--Jacket Edited By Sue Bridger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.