Książka wydana wspólnie przez PISM oraz Ośrodek Badań Słowiańskich Uniwersytetu Hokkaido w Sapporo. Anglojęzyczna publikacja, będąca zbiorem artykułów ekspertów zajmujących się obszarem posowieckim z Polski, Japonii, Chin, Indii, USA, Azerbejdżanu, Gruzji, Białorusi i Słowacji, stanowi pokłosie konferencji naukowej, która odbyła się we wrześniu 2006 r. w Warszawie.

Contents

Introduction (p. 7)

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)