Intermarium: The Case for Security Pact of the Countries between the Baltic and Black Seas

A main reason for the recent escalation of tensions in Eastern Europe is the absence of an effective security structure encompassing such militarily weak countries as Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine. While Ukrainian public opinion has recently made a U-turn from a rejection to an embrace of NATO, the...

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Main Author: Umland, Andreas
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Published: USA 2016
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description A main reason for the recent escalation of tensions in Eastern Europe is the absence of an effective security structure encompassing such militarily weak countries as Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine. While Ukrainian public opinion has recently made a U-turn from a rejection to an embrace of NATO, the Alliance will not be ready to extend its commitments farther east anytime soon. Although future enlargement of the Alliance is possible, Ukraine’s confrontation with Russia as well as Moscow’s anti-Western stance would have to decrease significantly for that to happen. Recently, the opposite tendency was on display: The more aggression the Kremlin has shown, the less likely it is that the North Atlantic Council will open its doors to new members in conflict with Moscow.
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spelling ftssoar:oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/48562 2025-04-27T14:33:20+00:00 Intermarium: The Case for Security Pact of the Countries between the Baltic and Black Seas Umland, Andreas 2016-10-24T12:44:40Z http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/48562 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-48562-7 unknown USA http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/48562 Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works IndraStra Global 2 4 Politikwissenschaft Political science Intermarium Friedens- und Konfliktforschung Sicherheitspolitik Peace and Conflict Research International Conflicts Security Policy NATO Osterweiterung politische Strategie Osteuropa internationale Sicherheit EU europäische Sicherheit eastwards expansion political strategy Eastern Europe international security European security 10500 Zeitschriftenartikel journal article 2016 ftssoar 2025-03-31T04:25:56Z A main reason for the recent escalation of tensions in Eastern Europe is the absence of an effective security structure encompassing such militarily weak countries as Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine. While Ukrainian public opinion has recently made a U-turn from a rejection to an embrace of NATO, the Alliance will not be ready to extend its commitments farther east anytime soon. Although future enlargement of the Alliance is possible, Ukraine’s confrontation with Russia as well as Moscow’s anti-Western stance would have to decrease significantly for that to happen. Recently, the opposite tendency was on display: The more aggression the Kremlin has shown, the less likely it is that the North Atlantic Council will open its doors to new members in conflict with Moscow. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
spellingShingle Politikwissenschaft
Political science
Intermarium
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Sicherheitspolitik
Peace and Conflict Research
International Conflicts
Security Policy
NATO
Osterweiterung
politische Strategie
Osteuropa
internationale Sicherheit
EU
europäische Sicherheit
eastwards expansion
political strategy
Eastern Europe
international security
European security
10500
Umland, Andreas
Intermarium: The Case for Security Pact of the Countries between the Baltic and Black Seas
title Intermarium: The Case for Security Pact of the Countries between the Baltic and Black Seas
title_full Intermarium: The Case for Security Pact of the Countries between the Baltic and Black Seas
title_fullStr Intermarium: The Case for Security Pact of the Countries between the Baltic and Black Seas
title_full_unstemmed Intermarium: The Case for Security Pact of the Countries between the Baltic and Black Seas
title_short Intermarium: The Case for Security Pact of the Countries between the Baltic and Black Seas
title_sort intermarium: the case for security pact of the countries between the baltic and black seas
topic Politikwissenschaft
Political science
Intermarium
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Sicherheitspolitik
Peace and Conflict Research
International Conflicts
Security Policy
NATO
Osterweiterung
politische Strategie
Osteuropa
internationale Sicherheit
EU
europäische Sicherheit
eastwards expansion
political strategy
Eastern Europe
international security
European security
10500
topic_facet Politikwissenschaft
Political science
Intermarium
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Sicherheitspolitik
Peace and Conflict Research
International Conflicts
Security Policy
NATO
Osterweiterung
politische Strategie
Osteuropa
internationale Sicherheit
EU
europäische Sicherheit
eastwards expansion
political strategy
Eastern Europe
international security
European security
10500
url http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/48562
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-48562-7