Security Politics in the Commonwealth of Independent States: The Southern Belt

by Mehdi Mozaffari (editor)

This collection with its special focus on Central Asia, the Causuces and Russia combines the theoretical approach with analytical and empirical approaches. The book is the first to apply concepts like security complexes, alliances, regionalism and integration on the Commonwealth of Independent States. It offers analyses and evaluations of foreign policy and security policy in CIS' states, and of the regional powers, the question of oil and gas, as well as the role of EBRD.

248 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Mehdi Mozaffari, an Iranian exile, is a professor of political science at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is a graduate of the Sorbonne. His most recent published research is on how to combat Islamist terrorism without combating Islam, and on Islamism and international relations.