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The interaction between the West and Russia promises to be a defining one for East Central Europe's emerging geopolitics, and it will affect the stabililty of Europe as a whole. Focused on the big strategic picture, this study presents a political-military analysis of the dynamics likely to unfold and of the actions the United States and its allies can take to shape a positive outcome in achieving their goals of admitting new NATO members while encouraging overall regional stability. It begins with a theoretical framework for the strategic thinking that must be done about Europe's new geopolitics and an in-depth assessment of Russia's new statist foreign policy and defense strategy. It then examines East Central Europe's current and future geopolitics, and concludes with an analysis of alternative strategic and military destinations, coupled with plans for getting to them, that the United States and its allies can pursue for NATO enlargement.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
A Theoretical Framework
Chapter Three
Russia's New Foreign Policy of Statism
Chapter Four
The Staying Power of Statism
Chapter Five
Resources for Statism
Chapter Six
Russia and the West in the New Geopolitics of East Central Europe
Chapter Seven
Strategic End Games for Enlargement
Chapter Eight
Military End Games for Enlargement
Chapter Nine
Conclusions
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