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Klappentext Comprehensive Security for the Baltic explores the extent to which regional cooperation on environmental protection and natural-resource utilization serves as a confidence-building measure that fosters comprehensive international security. The contributors first provide an overview of the concept of regional political security and the extent to which environmental security might contribute to the former. They then give a detailed overview of the Baltic! examining the formal mechanisms and organizations for regional environmental cooperation! and formulating the means for building regional confidence. Finally they consider the extent to which regional security contributes to a sustainable future! not only at the regional level! but also! ultimately! at the global level. Zusammenfassung Comprehensive Security for the Baltic explores the extent to which regional cooperation on environmental protection and natural-resource utilization serves as a confidence-building measure that fosters comprehensive international security. The contributors first provide an overview of the concept of regional political security and the extent to which environmental security might contribute to the former. They then give a detailed overview of the Baltic! examining the formal mechanisms and organizations for regional environmental cooperation! and formulating the means for building regional confidence. Finally they consider the extent to which regional security contributes to a sustainable future! not only at the regio Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionEnvironmental Approaches to Regional Security - Arthur H WestingThe Geography of the Baltic Region - Tynis O KaasikThe Baltic Region in its Historical Context - Boleslaw A BoczekPolitical Security in the Baltic Region - Unto J VesaEnvironmental Quality in the Baltic Region - Ludwik ZmudzinskiFishery Resources of the Baltic Region - Fritz ThurowMultilateral Agreements in the Baltic Region - Bengt BromsInternational Baltic Sea Fishery Commission - Arthur H WestingBaltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Harald A VelnerInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea - Bernt I Dybern and Janet F PawlakNongovernmental Scientific Organizations Relevant to the Baltic Region - Bernt I DybernLessons from the UNEP Regional Seas Programme - Naigzy GebremedhinConfidence Building in the Baltic Region - Sverre LodgaardRegional Security in a Wider Context - Arthur H Westing ...