Defense Policies of East-Central European Countries After 1989 - Creating Stability in a Time of Uncertainty

Informationen zum Autor James W. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Valdosta State UniversityJacek Lubecki is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Georgia Southern University Klappentext This book clarifies the ways in which the defense policies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have responded to the new atmosphere on the edge of Europe, in light of Russian aggressiveness during and after the 2013-2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis. Zusammenfassung This book clarifies the ways in which the defense policies of the Czech Republic! Hungary! Poland! and Slovakia have responded to the new atmosphere on the edge of Europe! in light of Russian aggressiveness during and after the 2013-2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction and overview 1 Theoretical framework: liberalism, realism and constructivism2 Empires and peripheries: security and defense realities of East-Central Europe3 Communism and late communism: from forced convergence to divergence4 The Czech Republic: a reluctant ally5 Hungary: imperial legacies and post-imperial realities6 Poland: return to the West?7 Slovakia: politics from the periphery8 Recapitulation: from convergence to divergence and back?Index

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• Authors: Jacek Lubecki, James W Peterson, James W. Peterson, James W. Lubecki Peterson
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781526110435
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1043-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Poland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Comparative Politics, Hungary, Czechia