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This book evaluates critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP) policies in eight countries; The authors examine the different concepts of CIIP, as well as the various legislative, early war...chevron_right

Die sicherheitspolitische Strategiedebatte in der Schweiz im Übergang von den sechziger zu den siebziger Jahren ist gekennzeichnet durch den Wandel von militärisch verstandener Verteidigungspolitik zu...chevron_right

Over the last few years, a variety of theories have sought to describe the impact of the information revolution on international relations and security. This book examines these theories as a framewor...chevron_right

In seiner Abschiedsvorlesung an der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule im Juli 2002 diskutiert Professor Kurt R. Spillmann einige der Schwierigkeiten, mit welchen Konfliktforscher konfrontiert wer...chevron_right

This paper examines the internal political and economic conditions in Ryazan Oblast, a region 200 kilometers south of Moscow. The author compares the region's socio-economic stagnation with the contin...chevron_right

This book examines the role of the European Union as a security actor in the Mediterranean region since the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP), or Barcelona Process, in 1995. Th...chevron_right

Der Zerfall des zentralisierten Sowjetsystems vor zehn Jahren ermöglichte es den Regionen, aus dem Schatten des einst übermächtigen Staates herauszutreten und eigene Initiativen zu entwickeln. Während...chevron_right

With the end of the Cold War, many observers had expressed the hope that the role of nuclear weapons in shaping the international system would become less relevant. Yet more than a decade on, nuclear ...chevron_right

This study examines the external causes of Russia's regionalization and their implications for the country as a whole. Particular attention is given to those global, geopolitical, strategic, economic,...chevron_right

This paper examines relations between Russia and the West at the turn of the 21st century. The author investigates the West's frustration with the slow and often difficult process of Russian economic ...chevron_right

This paper focuses on the Republic of Karelia, an ethnically defined region in the northwest of Russia, and its influence on Russia's foreign and security policy. The paper examines those features tha...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the various aspects of Kursk Oblast's international engagement. The author examines the region's economic and trade relations with its neighbors, and outlines the various security ...chevron_right

This paper analyzes those forces that foster or inhibit Nizhnii Novgorod's efforts to become an actor in the national and international arena. The paper analyzes the region's significance as one of th...chevron_right

This paper examines the role of Russia's regional elites in shaping federal policy and reform. The paper identify the social background of these elites and evaluate the strategies they employ to reali...chevron_right

This paper examines how the political and business elites of Russia's most dominant region, Moscow, have shaped the country's economic agenda as well as its foreign and security policy. The author ana...chevron_right