Product Description: This study focuses on the external dimensions of security in Eastern Europe. A host of new ethnic and territorial issues has resulted that could seriously destabilize Eastern Europe and undermine efforts to create a stable, new security order in Europe.

Product Description: This report suggests strategies for managing U.S.-Russian relations in light of the current highly fluid situation within the top echelons of the Yeltsin government and the uncertainties surrounding Yeltsin's health.

On May 5-6, 2003, RAND and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy held a two-day conference in Geneva that examined the impact of the Iraq war on the security of the Middle EastThis document summarizes the main issues and points of discussion at the conference.

Product Description: Reports on a conference held jointly by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy on "The Middle East: Changing Strategic Environment." Participants gave particular emphasis to the situation in Iraq; Iran's nuclear program; and strategies for countering Islamic terrorism...read more

Product Description: Eleven papers from a conference held June 1987, in Helsinki, Finland. No inde Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

This collection of essays examines the relationship between West Germany and the German Democratic Republic in terms of economics and politics. The problems caused by the division of Germany in relation to European and international defence policies are also discussed. F.Stephen Larrabee formerly served on the US National Security Council as a specialist on Soviet-East European affairs and has written several books on military relations, including "Eastern Europe: A Generational Change" and "Gorbachev and the Soviet Military".

In this work, regional specialists and European security analysts unite in a comprehensive analysis of changes in the Balkans and the security dilemmas they present to Western policy. Special attention is given to the roles that NATO, the European Community, and the Western Economic Union will play in the future. It includes a revealing discussion of how and why the Yugoslav Federation collapsed and what the future holds for that embattled area. Part One focuses on the problems of domestic change in the Balkans, including the difficulties of transition from authoritarian rule to democracy. Part Two is devoted to regional security problems, and Part Three examines the role of external actors and institutions in enhancing Balkan security.