Security Challengers in the post-soviet space

Sławomir Dębski Competition of Post-Soviet and Pro-European Models of Development in Eastern Europe?a Role for the EU (p. 13) Takayuki Ito Globalization, Democratization and Japan?s Role in Kurasia (p. 25) Xiaoyang Dong The CIS Policy of Russia and Current Challenges (p. 41) Wojciech Konończuk Belarusian and Ukrainian Strategy toward Post-Soviet Integration (p. 55) Huasheng Zhao SCO as a Regional Security Organization and China?s Relations with Central Asia (p. 66) Shoichi Itoh Can Russia Become a ?Regional Power? in Northeast Asia? Implications from Contemporary Energy Relations with China and Japa (p. 79) Junzo Nakano Russian Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia: From the Perspective of Japan?s Security (p. 101) Takeshi Yuasa Russia?s Policy toward Central Asia: Tendencies of Limited Engagement (p. 118) Adam Eberhardt Armed Conflicts in Georgia: the Russian Factor (p. 136) Akihiro Iwashita A New Era of Eurasian Cooperation: Beyond the Sino-Russian Border Disputes (p. 147) Marta Jaroszewicz Borders in Post-Soviet Space: Common Challenges (p. 165) Alexander Rusetsky Border challenges in the South Caucasus?the case of Georgia (p. 185) Arif Yunusov Ethno-Migration Processes in Southern Caucasus in the Post-Soviet Period (p. 194) Ernest Wyciszkiewicz Caspian Gas and Oil?What Relevance for the West? (p. 214) Nirmala Joshi Eurasia in International Politics: The Russian Energy Factor (p. 229) Jaroslav Romanchuk Belarusian Phenomenon: Origin, Results and Perspective (p. 245) Bartosz Cichocki Kaliningrad Oblast?s Influence on Regional Stability (p. 268) Mikhail Alexseev Nationhood Vigilantism in the Global Semi-periphery: Migration and Ethnoreligious Hostility in Russia (p. 275) Ivo Samson Slovakia: Getting Real about Immigration (The Dilemma: More Immigrants, Less Security?) (p. 303)