Security and sovereignty in the former Soviet Union
By: Ruth Deyermond.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781588265760
Subjects: National security -- Former Soviet republics; Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Former Soviet republics; Former Soviet republics -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The problem of the post-Soviet armed forces; title: The states : Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine; title: Constructing sovereignty and security; title: Outline of chapters; title: Competing sovereignties in the former Soviet Union; title: 1.1 The Western model of sovereignty; title: 1.2 The Soviet model of sovereignty; title: Sovereignty within the USSR; title: The Brezhnev Doctrine : inter-state relations and limited sovereignty; title: 1.3 Sovereignty and the post-Soviet environment; title: Declarations of sovereignty; title: Sovereignty and the early CIS agreements; title: The CIS founding agreement; title: The CIS charter; title: The collective security treaty; title: Perceptions of sovereignty amongst CIS actors; title: 1.4 Conclusion; title: Nuclear weapons : Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine; title: Obstacles to denuclearisation; title: 2.1 Ukraine and Russia; title: The path to Ukrainian denuclearisation; title: The problem of safety; title: The question of ownership; title: The question of control; title: Conclusion : Russia and Ukraine; title: 2.2 Belarus and Russia; title: The process of Belarusian denuclearisation; title: The Lukashenka period; title: 2.3 Conclusion; title: The Black Sea fleet : Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia; title: 3.1 Ukraine and Russia; title: The basis of claims to the fleet : laws, money and history; title: A unified or a divided fleet?; title: Bases; title: 3.2 Georgia and Russia; title: Weak sovereignty; weak claims; title: 3.3 Conclusion; title: Military facilities : Russia, Belarus, and Georgia; title: 4.1 Russian bases and Russian interests; title: 4.2 Georgia and Russia; title: The Russian use of Georgian military bases : history and politics; title: Bases and territorial integrity; title: The location of the bases; title: Other military assets; title: Conclusion : Russia and Georgia; title: 4.3 Belarus and Russia; title: The development of Russian-Belarusian security cooperation; title: Belarusian attitudes to the Russian military presence; title: Military cooperation: a return to Soviet sovereignty?; title: 4.4 Conclusion; title: Sovereignty and security in the twenty first century; title: 5.1 Sovereignty : retreat and resurgence; title: 5.2 Conclusion.