The Transformation of East-Central European Security
The Transformation of East-Central European Security
Author(s): Aart Jan Riekhoff Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Defining Domestic Influences On Foreign And Security Policy; Developments In The International Environment; Czech Republic - Poland: foreign and security policy; NATO; Central and Eastern Europe;
Summary/Abstract: Domestic politics, international constraints, and opportunities for policy-makers. Scholars have often emphasised the uniqueness of the transformations in East-Central Europe (ECE) after 1989. This was not just a mere democratisation process as witnessed in earlier “waves”1, here it was accompanied by processes of economic transformation and in case of newly independent states, such as the Czech and Slovak Republics, nation- and state-building. These three transformations are strongly interrelated and the successful outcomes of all are seen as interdependent. However, a fourth transformation, applying to all ECE countries has been in process, influencing the other three, although has been largely left out of the transformation literature. This fourth can be simply labelled as the transformation of security.
Journal: Perspectives : Review of International Affairs
- Issue Year: 2003
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 55-70
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
