Security and Sovereignty in the Former Soviet Union
- ISBN-10
- 1626374902
- ISBN-13
- 9781626374904
- Pages
- 243
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Author
- Ruth Deyermond
Description
Among the contentious issues that come into play in relations between Russia and the other post-Soviet states, security concerns are arguably at the top of the list. Ruth Deyermond explores the linkage between post-Soviet security politics and the development of state sovereignty in the region, focusing on Russia's interactions with Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus. Deyermond ranges from ownership of nuclear weapons, to the use of military bases, to control of the Black Sea Fleet to show how competing understandings of sovereignty and the willingness of the smaller states to assert their independ.
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- 2008
- 233 pages
- Paperback
- Lynne Rienner Publishers