Iulian Chifu serves as President of the Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Center and Associate Professor at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration of Bucharest (Romania).Simona Ţuţuianu is a Senior Researcher at the Romanian Ministry of National Defence.

• ContentsNotes on the ContributorsList of Abbreviations Foreword by Geoffrey ROBERTSON QCIntroduction. The Plight of Europe’s Border States Simona ŢUŢUIANU and Iulian CHIFU Chapter 1. New States, New Borders: Nothing Succeeds Like Secession?Șerban PAVELESCU and Simona ŢUŢUIANUChapter 2. One Rope, Two Ends: NATO and EU Facing Russian InterestsIulian CHIFU and Diana BĂRBUCEANUChapter 3. Is Energy Really Flowing from East to West?Narciz BĂLĂŞOIU and Dumitru ŞARANUŢAChapter 4. Migration and Transnational Crime: Europe, the New Noah's ArkAdriana SAULIUC and Simona CATANĂChapter 5. The Frozen Conflicts Seem to Melt DownIulian CHIFU and Andreea IBĂNESCUChapter 6. Challenges of the MENA RegionRadu ARGHIR, Adriana SAULIUC and Narciz BĂLĂŞOIUChapter 7. Soft Power of the East: From Benign Influence to Dominance and Informational WarfareIulian CHIFU, Alexandru VOICU andCarola FREYChapter 8. Reestablishing a Fault Line between Europe’s East and West: Russia’s "Hybrid War" and How Should NATO RespondSimona ŢUŢUIANU and Nelu BÎRLĂChapter 9. Conflict Resolution Efforts: Recovering the LossIoan CRĂCIUNIndex

This book provides an incisive, knowledgeable, and comprehensive look at a region of increasing instability, which can at any time expose a security crisis between Russia and the West. A courageous journey into the pressing problems and creative solutions facing Europe’s border states. Teodor Meleşcanu, Professor at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration and former Romanian Foreign Minister This edited work represents an excellent overview of the perceived security challenges, risks and threats faced by the EU and NATO border states, written from the perspective of capable researchers from the region. An outstanding searching appraisal of contemporary security issues, as well as the promises and pitfalls of mechanisms for conflict resolution. Greg Simons, Associate Professor at Uppsala University and the Swedish Defence University This volume is essential reading for all specialists in international affairs. It creditably avoids the temptation of partisanship and has the added advantage of an expert legal perspective. Its insights and arguments add significantly to our knowledge of the European border states, their geopolitical problems and the urgency of the need to address them before they return the world to a Cold War that may suddenly turn hot.Geoffrey Robertson QC, Founder and Head of Doughty Street Chambers and author of „Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice"

Iulian Chifu serves as President of the Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Center and Associate Professor at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration of Bucharest (Romania).Simona Ţuţuianu is a Senior Researcher at the Romanian Ministry of National Defence.

• ContentsNotes on the ContributorsList of Abbreviations Foreword by Geoffrey ROBERTSON QCIntroduction. The Plight of Europe’s Border States Simona ŢUŢUIANU and Iulian CHIFU Chapter 1. New States, New Borders: Nothing Succeeds Like Secession?Șerban PAVELESCU and Simona ŢUŢUIANUChapter 2. One Rope, Two Ends: NATO and EU Facing Russian InterestsIulian CHIFU and Diana BĂRBUCEANUChapter 3. Is Energy Really Flowing from East to West?Narciz BĂLĂŞOIU and Dumitru ŞARANUŢAChapter 4. Migration and Transnational Crime: Europe, the New Noah's ArkAdriana SAULIUC and Simona CATANĂChapter 5. The Frozen Conflicts Seem to Melt DownIulian CHIFU and Andreea IBĂNESCUChapter 6. Challenges of the MENA RegionRadu ARGHIR, Adriana SAULIUC and Narciz BĂLĂŞOIUChapter 7. Soft Power of the East: From Benign Influence to Dominance and Informational WarfareIulian CHIFU, Alexandru VOICU andCarola FREYChapter 8. Reestablishing a Fault Line between Europe’s East and West: Russia’s "Hybrid War" and How Should NATO RespondSimona ŢUŢUIANU and Nelu BÎRLĂChapter 9. Conflict Resolution Efforts: Recovering the LossIoan CRĂCIUNIndex

This book provides an incisive, knowledgeable, and comprehensive look at a region of increasing instability, which can at any time expose a security crisis between Russia and the West. A courageous journey into the pressing problems and creative solutions facing Europe’s border states. Teodor Meleşcanu, Professor at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration and former Romanian Foreign Minister This edited work represents an excellent overview of the perceived security challenges, risks and threats faced by the EU and NATO border states, written from the perspective of capable researchers from the region. An outstanding searching appraisal of contemporary security issues, as well as the promises and pitfalls of mechanisms for conflict resolution. Greg Simons, Associate Professor at Uppsala University and the Swedish Defence University This volume is essential reading for all specialists in international affairs. It creditably avoids the temptation of partisanship and has the added advantage of an expert legal perspective. Its insights and arguments add significantly to our knowledge of the European border states, their geopolitical problems and the urgency of the need to address them before they return the world to a Cold War that may suddenly turn hot.Geoffrey Robertson QC, Founder and Head of Doughty Street Chambers and author of „Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice"

Iulian Chifu serves as President of the Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Center and Associate Professor at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration of Bucharest (Romania).Simona Ţuţuianu is a Senior Researcher at the Romanian Ministry of National Defence.

• ContentsNotes on the ContributorsList of Abbreviations Foreword by Geoffrey ROBERTSON QCIntroduction. The Plight of Europe’s Border States Simona ŢUŢUIANU and Iulian CHIFU Chapter 1. New States, New Borders: Nothing Succeeds Like Secession?Șerban PAVELESCU and Simona ŢUŢUIANUChapter 2. One Rope, Two Ends: NATO and EU Facing Russian InterestsIulian CHIFU and Diana BĂRBUCEANUChapter 3. Is Energy Really Flowing from East to West?Narciz BĂLĂŞOIU and Dumitru ŞARANUŢAChapter 4. Migration and Transnational Crime: Europe, the New Noah's ArkAdriana SAULIUC and Simona CATANĂChapter 5. The Frozen Conflicts Seem to Melt DownIulian CHIFU and Andreea IBĂNESCUChapter 6. Challenges of the MENA RegionRadu ARGHIR, Adriana SAULIUC and Narciz BĂLĂŞOIUChapter 7. Soft Power of the East: From Benign Influence to Dominance and Informational WarfareIulian CHIFU, Alexandru VOICU andCarola FREYChapter 8. Reestablishing a Fault Line between Europe’s East and West: Russia’s "Hybrid War" and How Should NATO RespondSimona ŢUŢUIANU and Nelu BÎRLĂChapter 9. Conflict Resolution Efforts: Recovering the LossIoan CRĂCIUNIndex

This book provides an incisive, knowledgeable, and comprehensive look at a region of increasing instability, which can at any time expose a security crisis between Russia and the West. A courageous journey into the pressing problems and creative solutions facing Europe’s border states. Teodor Meleşcanu, Professor at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration and former Romanian Foreign Minister This edited work represents an excellent overview of the perceived security challenges, risks and threats faced by the EU and NATO border states, written from the perspective of capable researchers from the region. An outstanding searching appraisal of contemporary security issues, as well as the promises and pitfalls of mechanisms for conflict resolution. Greg Simons, Associate Professor at Uppsala University and the Swedish Defence University This volume is essential reading for all specialists in international affairs. It creditably avoids the temptation of partisanship and has the added advantage of an expert legal perspective. Its insights and arguments add significantly to our knowledge of the European border states, their geopolitical problems and the urgency of the need to address them before they return the world to a Cold War that may suddenly turn hot.Geoffrey Robertson QC, Founder and Head of Doughty Street Chambers and author of „Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice"