Balkans Divided: Nationalism, Minorities and Security: v. 1 (Euro-Atlantic Security Studies) - Softcover

Ivanov, Andrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3631500068 ISBN 13: 9783631500064

Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, 1996

Synopsis

The monograph analyses the roots of some of the most significant ethnically-based (or ethnically-worded) conflicts in Europe, defines their participants' rationales, and answers the question of how they relate to the issue of European security. It is based on two case studies, former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Since the question of secession and self-determination is not that clearcut, the author analyses this ambiguity and examines the options. He discusses the impact of the Balkan crisis on international relations and attempts to go beyond regional security issues and to put the problem of Balkan security into a broader European perspective. This includes addressing the question as to whether NATO membership is the only solution to Eastern Europe's security concerns. In the last chapter the idea of a regional defense structure is analysed.

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Review:

-Ivanov is attentive and thorough in consideration of alternative perspectives, and as such 'The Balkans Divided: Nationalism, Minorities, and Security' is an extremely worthwhile and compact analysis.- (Meagan Smith-Windsor, Peacekeeping and International Relations)
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About the Author:

The Author: Andrey Ivanov was born in 1958 and is Programme Director at the Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia. In 1988, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Economics at the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He is the author of two books and numerous articles in various specialist journals on aspects of international and domestic politics, regional stability, and ethnic conflicts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 3631500068
• ISBN 13: 9783631500064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 199