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South-East European
Institute of International Affairs
PUBLICATIONS: The SEEIIA intends to publish a number of short essays and monographs in the fields that fall within its interest framework as described in its AIMS on an annual basis, as well as a YEARBOOK covering the above mentioned research areas. Publications will be in English, French or Greek, while priority will be given to essays advancing the theoretical basis of the International Relations/Politics ontological and epistemological domain, as well as those submitted by Associate Members of the SEEIIA, whose support is of paramount importance.
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
1. The SEEIIA will soon establish an e-library with articles and monographs written by distinguished academics and researchers. The first e-publication (also offered in pamphlet form) will be a collective, authoritative work on regional security, titled Inter-Balkan Relations at the End of the Twentieth Century (in English) edited by Dr. George Voskopoulos.Contributors are:
Dr. Neil Robinson, Department of
Government and Society, University of Limerick, Ireland, whose essay is titled Russia
and the Conflict in Yugoslavia, 1991-1996.
Dr. Dinko Dinkov, International Security Institute of Sofia (ISIS) &
University for National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, whose essay is
titled Bulgaria’s Foreign Policy in the 1990s and Security in South-Eastern
Europe.
Dr. Hugh Miall, Department of
Politics and International Relations, Director of the Richardson Institute,
Lancaster University, UK, whose essay is titled Global
Governance, The Liberal Peace, And Kosovo.
Professor Vesselin Popovski, Exeter University (UK), Centre for European Studies
Dr. George Voskopoulos, Civic Education Project Visiting Lecturer, ROUSSE University, Bulgaria,
Founder of the SEEIIA, Fellow of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces
& Society (USA), whose essays will focus on Greek-Albanian and
Greek-Bulgarian Relations during the 1990s.
2. STRATEGIC & DEFENCE ANALYSIS PARAMETRERS (in Greek) by Dr. G. Voskopoulos
The work constitutes a theoretical approach to defence analysis and strategy and covers, inter allia, areas such as Defence Analysis Parametres, the Defence Equation, Defence Procurement, Defence Procurement in Unstable Systems/Sub-systems, Military Strategy in the 21st Century, Defence Planning and Military Power, Qualitative Parametres of Defence Planning, the Obsolescence of War in the Globalisation Era, Civil-Military Relations, Threat Analysis, Arms Races and the Security Dilemma, National Strategy and its Goals, Logistics.
3.Greek-English Armed
Forces Glossary Of Strategic & Military Terms by Dr.
George Voskopoulos
4. Greece and the European Union, Interaction Within and
Between a Zone of Peace and a Zone of Turmoil as an Explanatory Factor, Ph.D.
Thesis, by Dr. George Voskopoulos (in Greek and English).
Selected
publications by SEEIIA Members and Associates
Dr. Dinko Dinkov, University for National and World Economy, Sofia,
Bulgaria
·
International Relations and Bulgarian Foreign Policy, Sofia, 1986.
·
“The Restructuring of International
System and Trends in the Developments in South-Eastern Europe”, Romanian Journal of International Affairs,
vol. IV, 3-4/1998.
·
European Integration, Sofia, 1999
·
Europe: From the Coal and Steel Community to the Euro and Beyond, Sofia, 2001
·
Cooperation in South Eastern Europe: Ideas and Opportunities, Sofia, 2001
·
Regional Cooperation in South Eastern Europe, Sofia, 2002
Dr. Ahmet Ikiz
·
‘Future
Contracts’, Dokuz Eylul University, İ.İ.B.F. Journal, 1995, Izmir
·
‘Determinants
of Cotton Prices in Turkey, Potential Role of İzmir Commodity
Exchange’, Lancaster University, UK,
1997
·
‘Does
Game Theory applicable to strategic behaviour’, Celal Bayar University
Economics Journal, 1998, Manisa
Dr. Hugh Miall, Lancaster
University, Department of Politics and International Relations, UK, Director of
the Richardson Institute.
·
Shaping the New Europe, Pinter,
London, 1993.
· Minority Rights
in Europe, Pinter, London, 1994.
· Contemporary
Conflict Resolution, Polity, 1999.
·
Romanian-American Relations Post-September 11: Using the Line Item
Veto, Sfera Politicii, Volume 101, (forthcoming 2002).
·
Corruption, the Electoral Process, and the Politics of Transition
in Romania, Romanian Journal of Society and Politics (forthcoming in May
2002).
·
A “New” New World Order?: World Affairs in An Era of Terror, Sfera
Politicii, Volume 100, February 2002.
·
50 Years of Collective Insecurity: The United Nations, IMF, and
African Underdevelopment, Development, 1995:4.
·
Adjustment in Africa: A Closer Look, UN 50 Journal, April
1995.
·
The Political Economy of US-African Relations in the New World
Order, Africa in the Contemporary International Order/Disorder, Mulugeta
Agonafer (ed.), University Press of America, 1994.
·
‘Shift from
States to Individuals in International Constitution’ (Kluwer
International 2002) – single authored book
·
'Concept of Humanitarian Intervention' in Dr. Peter Siani-Davies
(ed.) International Intervention in the
Balkans: A Critical Evaluation (Routledge, 2002)
·
'The
Responsibility to Protect: Report of the International Commission on
Intervention and State Sovereignty, International Development Research
Centre, Canada 2001 ISBN 0-88936-963-1 (Contributor)
·
The Princeton
Principles on Universal Jurisdiction, Program in Law and Public Affairs,
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
(Princeton 2001) (Contributor)
·
'Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts in Post-Communist Societies' in 21 Century Trust Annual Edited
Dr.
Richard Rousseau, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Maison
des Sciences de l’ Homme,
·
The Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Role of Environmental Degradation (Montreal and Paris: L'Harmattan), 225 p., 2001.
·
Who would recognise Quebec’s sovereignty with 50 % + 1 ? The illusions
of a close victory (forthcoming)
·
Mikhaïl Gorbatchev's
Perestroika and the Attitude of the Soviet
Bureaucracy, unpublished, 1990, M. A. dissertation, 175 pages.
·
«L’union monétaire nord-américaine,
le Québec et la souveraineté» (North American Monetary Union,
Quebec and its sovereignty), Bulletin
d’Histoire Politique, Montréal, 18 pages, autumn 2001.
·
“Lukashenko’s Policy towards Chernobyl’ Contaminated Population”,
in François Dépelteau, ed., Belarus
since Independence, The Struggle of a Nation in Transition, (Québec
and Paris: Les Presses de l'Université Laval and L'Harmattan), 2001.
Dr. Neil Robinson, University of
Limerick, Ireland
·
“From coup to coup…?, The
post-communist experience in Russia, 1991-93”, Coexistence, 31 (4), 1994
·
Ideology and the Collapse of the Soviet System. Critical History of
Soviet Ideological Discourse, Aldershot and
Brookfield, VT: Edward Elgar, 1995.
·
(ed.), Institutions and Political Change in Russia, Basingstoke & New
York: Macmillan and St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
·
Russia: A State of Uncertainty, London: Harwood Academic Publishers, 2001.
Dr.
Bogdan Szajkowski, Professor of Pan-European Politics, Director
of the Centre for European Studies, Department of Politics, Exeter University,
UK.
· Political Parties of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Harlow:
Longman, 1991
· “The Albanian
election of 1991”, Electoral Studies, 11
(2), 1992
· Political Parties in Eastern Europe, Russia and the
Successor States, Harlow, Longman, 1994.
Dr. George Voskopoulos, CEP Visiting
Lecturer, Rousse University, Department of European Studies, Bulgaria
·
“The West and the Balkans, A
Geo-Cultural Approach of International Relations”, PERSPECTIVES, N. 17, Winter 2001-2002.
·
“Bulgaria and NATO, A Macrostrategic Approach
for Membership”, ALTERNATIVES, Sofia,
Bulgaria, December 2002 (in Bulgarian).
·
“European Union Enlargement and Bulgaria: Costs
and Opportunities”, PROCEEDINGS, Inter-university International Conference,
Russe University, November 2002.
·
“Terrorism, International Security and
Leadership: Towards a US, EU, Russia Security Triangle”, DEMOCRATIJA, Washington D.C., to be published January 2002.
·
“Political Socialization as a Means
of Consolidation New Democracies in South East Europe”, contribution to a
collective work to be published by Westminster University, Centre for the Study
of Democracy and Belgrade University, Department of Political Science.
·
English-Greek Armed Forces Glossary of Strategic and Military Terms, Athens, 1998.
·
Strategic and
Defence Analysis Parametres (forthcoming - in
Greek)
·
Greece and the European Union, Interaction Within and Between a Zone of
Peace and a Zone of Turmoil as an Explanatory Factor, Ph.D. Thesis, Exeter University, (forthcoming)
INTER-BALKAN RELATIONS AT THE END OF
THE 20TH CENTURY (Chapter Synopses)
The essays present several views on inter-Balkan and global politics and are written by distinguished academics, whose attitudes stem from a different security, economic, social and strategic background in order to enhance the pluralistic character of the work.
“RUSSIA AND THE CONFLICT IN YUGOSLAVIA, 1991-1996” by Dr. Neil Robinson
This paper looks at Russian policy towards the conflict in Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1996. It argues that the conflict in Yugoslavia had a major effect on the development of Russian foreign policy after the collapse of communism. At the fall of communism, Russian foreign policy was pro-Western (the so-called ‘Atlanticist’ position). Following on from the foreign policy of the Gorbachev period, Russian foreign policy was marked by a desire for co-operation with the West in security policy. In Europe, Russia hoped for the construction of a new security architecture based on the CSCE/OSCE. The conflict in Yugoslavia, in particular the attempt to regulate it through the UN, demonstrated the difference between Russia and the West on security in Europe and provided a powerful and emotional point of critique for Russian opponents of ‘Atlanticism’. The divergence of Western and Russian positions on European security and the need to deal with domestic political opposition towards Western policy towards the former Yugoslavia weakened the pro-Western faction in Russian foreign policy making and lead to a more activist foreign policy towards Yugoslavia. This made the resolution of the Yugoslav conflict through international action more difficult and helped create a more realist Russian foreign policy consensus that has been less tolerant of Western concerns in the management of the post-Cold War world.
“Bulgaria's Foreign Policy in the 1990s & Security in
South-Eastern Europe” by Dr. D.
Dinkov
The deep transformations that commenced in Bulgaria in 1989 led to the radical reorientation of its foreign policy. Parallel with the process of democratisation in the country, efforts were made to elaborate a new course in the international relations field. The new foreign policy emerged out of sharp clashes among the driving forces of transition and under the influence of changes in the international political arena. During the Cold War Bulgaria was one of the closest allies of Moscow. In the first years of changes in the international system and in the country Bulgarian foreign policy priorities were directed westwards. It was a dramatic shift, because of the dependence of Bulgaria’s economy and security on the Soviet Union. Still, Bulgaria managed to establish new relations with the Western political, economic and security structures. In 1991 the Treaty for friendship, co-operation and mutual assistance with the Soviet Union was denounced. In 1992 Bulgaria became a member of the European Council, while in 1993 it signed the European Agreement on Association with the European Union. In 1994 Bulgaria joined the Partnership for Peace Program of NATO, considering it a step forward to full membership and as a means of integration to the Western politico-social and economic structure, while in 1995 it applied for full membership in the European Union. All the above steps changed Bulgaria’s position in the international system. During that period the Balkans revived their notorious fame as a zone of turmoil. Yet, during the early transitional phase and the de-communization process Bulgaria's foreign policy was a positive factor in regional developments and inter-Balkan politics, as it managed to follow the principle of maintaining good neighbourly relations with every country in South-Eastern Europe without negative impacts on its bilateral relations with any other one in the region. Guided by the ambition to contribute to the europeanization of the Balkans, Bulgaria’s foreign policy in the 1990s succeeded in establishing and developing constructive bilateral relations with neighbouring countries and played a constructive role in the establishment of a framework for regional co-operation.
“GREEK-ALBANIAN RELATIONS
DURING THE 1990s” by Dr. George Voskopoulos
The essay will cover bilateral relations during the 1990s, focusing on the friction created by the treatment of the Greek minority in Albania, as well as the activities of Greek activists-members of the minority. These factors have long affected bilateral co-operation and convergence of interests to a substantial degree and will determine security relations in the Balkans in the years to come, particularly under the prism of the emerging Albanian “Great Idea” that sets a major threat to the survival of the Republic of Macedonia. Special attention will be paid to Greek-Albanian incompatible policies during the Yugoslav break-up with a view to establishing an evaluation framework of contending inter-Balkan relations, as well as the 1997 Albanian crisis, caused by the collapse of the Pyramid schemes. The consequences of the 1999 Kosovo crisis on Greek-Albanian relations and the whole spectrum of inter-Balkan politics will also be under scrutiny through a strategic spectrum dictated by the bilateral convergence/divergence ratio on issues concerning Balkan politics and inter-Balkan co-operation. Finally, the essay will adopt an interpretative approach to illustrate the destabilising consequences of the intrusive policy of non-Balkan actors on inter-Balkan politics.
“BULGARIAN-GREEK
RAPPROCHEMENT DURING THE 1990s” by Dr. George Voskopoulos
The essay looks into the transformation of
the conflicting bilateral relations of the past into a post-Cold War
constructive framework by explaining/interpreting the motives behind convergence
of policies. The security triangle amongst Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey will be
under scrutiny with the aim to providing a strategic analysis framework in
trilateral security relations that affect the cohesion of the Balkan
subordinate system and regional co-operation. Finally, there will be a thorough
presentation of Greek-Bulgarian economic relations by providing an aspect of
the degree of the augmenting economic presence of the Greek private sector in
Bulgaria and its positive spill over effect on the political domain that may
provide a framework for inter-Balkan rapprochement.
“GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, THE LIBERAL PEACE, AND KOSOVO” by Dr. Hugh Miall
The essay focuses on the challenge the Kosovo crisis gave to the emerging
“regime” of global governance and liberal peace.
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English-Greek Armed Forces Glossary of Strategic and Military Terms
(by Dr. George Voskopoulos, pp.223, ISBN 960 -
90863 - 0 - 6) is a valuable tool in the hands of every individual interested
in the strategic and military field, the professional military as well as
academics and researchers. The work is authoritative and includes Tables of strategic
and defence analysis, aircraft diagrams, an abbreviation index and suggested
bibliography accompanied by a short technical index of vehicle-related terms
and a comparative table of British and American English useful to non-native
speakers. Definitions have been selected from the writings of the most
knowledgeable political scientists and distinguished military experts and
researchers. The user may look up for terms such as extended deterrence, strategy, propaganda, the defence
equation, conflict resolution parameters, mutual assured destruction,
modernisation, parameters of psychological warfare, proximity theory,
interdependence, defence procurement, principles of military intervention,
parameters of defence equation, types of war, national security, levels of
security analysis, function of military force, components of strategy,
strategic studies, Grand strategy, power and its elements, militarism, troop
support, Armed Forces morale, national strategy, national interest,
defence-making policy system, models of weapons acquisition, security factors,
common security, security dilemma, arms control treaties, threat variables,
nuclear threshold, PPBS (Planning - Programming - Budgeting - System), power
transition theory, predisposition, power equation, power population, power
differential, perceived military power, non-provocative defence, New Management
System (NMS), Just War preconditions, level of Analysis of Warfare, basic
functions of military forces, warless society, trasnational organisations, stable
peace, prestige politics, policy coordination, peace without victory
strategy, overlay, part-nation-state, operational military activity,
operational level of war, operational requirements of crisis management, norms
of competition, nuclear utilisation theory, neo-realism, neo-colonialism,
mutual vulnerability, mobility, linkage theory, law of anticipated reaction,
intrinsic strength, interdependence, complex interdependence, policy
interdependence, international society, inflexible escalation, imperial overstretch,
inadvertent war, groupthink, fundamental attribution error, forceful
persuasion, food security, European security system, energy security doctrine,
emotional equilibrium, diversionary theory of war, diffusion of power,
counterproliferation, continuity of defence policy, containment, concordance
system, casus foederis, boiled frog syndrome, arms control verification,
air-land battle doctrine, abstraction and thousands more.
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GEORGE
VOSKOPOULOS ENGLISH
- GREEK ARMED
FORCES GLOSSARY OF
STRATEGIC AND MILITARY TERMS ATHENS MAY 1998 |
Contact:
Dr. G. Voskopoulos, v290862@otenet.gr , Rousse University, Department of
European Studies, Bulgaria.