European Security at the Beginning of the Twenty First Century: At the Crossroads of the US and Russian Foreign Policies
diploma thesis (DEFENDED)
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Author
Advisor
Referee
Střítecký, Vít
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Social Sciences
Discipline
Central and Eastern European Studies
Department
Department of Russian and East European Studies
Date of defense
22. 6. 2009
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědLanguage
English
Grade
Very good
Bibliographic record JOVIC, Damjan. European Security at the Beginning o f the Tw'enty First Century: At the Crossroads of the US and Russian Foreign Policies. Prague: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of International Studies, 2009. 69 p. Supervisor Doc. PhDr. Jiri Vykoukal, CS. Annotation The aim of this paper is to provide a clear view of the current conflict of the United States' and Russia's geopolitical and geostrategic interests in Europe. Furthermore, the author will try - by addressing the most relevant problems - to identify alternative scenarios that may result from this conflict in the near future. At the same time the author is advocating the point that tensions in relations between the US and Russia will not improve any time soon because of fundamentally confronted interests as well as because of the influence of realist logic that dominates the political spectrum on both sides. The author argues that the basis of the new security arrangement in Europe can emerge from the tightening of Russia-Germany relations (especially in the sphere of energy security) and more independent EU policies in the sphere of military affairs. This paper does not aim to address so called "new" and "asymmetrical" threats to national and international security (e.g. terrorism, immigration,...