Strategic Culture in Russia’s Neighborhood

Katalin Miklóssy is head of discipline of Eastern European studies at the University of Helsinki.Hanna Smith is director of strategic planning and responses at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.

• 1.Historical Perceptions of Responsibility and Neighborhood in Russian Strategic CultureJeremy Smith2.Historical and Contemporary Encounters between the Nordic countries and Russia Hanna Smith 3.Strategic Cultures of the Baltic States: The Impact of Russia’s New WarsKristine Atmante, Riina Kaljurand, Tomas Jermalavicius4.Regional strategic culture in the Visegrad-countries: Poland and HungaryKatalin Miklóssy and Justyna Pierzynska 5.Interactive Strategic Cultures: Romania and MoldovaKatalin Miklóssy and Silviu Miloiu6.Bulgarian Strategic Culture between Europe and Russia: Past and PresentDragomir Stoyanov7.Russia and the Idea of Eurasia in Turkey’s Strategic Culture ParadigmsToni Alaranta 8.Ambivalence of the Serbian Strategic CultureMilan Subotic and Milan Igrutinovic9.Strategic Culture in Russia-Ukraine RelationsMark Teramae10.Evolution and Adaptation in Belarusian Strategic CultureMatthew Frear

This volume is a welcome addition to the scholarly literature on Russia and its neighboring regions. A group of younger and more experienced experts – all of whom are intimately familiar with their subject matter - offer fresh insights into regional countries’ historical experiences and political cultures three decades after the end of the Cold War, contributing to conceptual and empirical debates on history, identity and politics and enriching the field of intellectual inquiry. It will be of interest to academics and students alike working in regional politics and area studies.