Aurel Braun is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Toronto. He has published extensively on communist affairs and strategic studies with a special focus on the problems of the transformation of the socialist systems in the former Soviet Union and in Eastern Europe. He is also a specialist in international law. He is the author and/or editor of several books, including Dilemmas of Transition; and The Extreme Right: Freedom and Security At Risk.

• Introduction: Thinking about Security and Democracy Aurel Braun Section 1 1. Electing to Fight: Emerging Democracies and International Instability Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder 2. Post-Postcommunist Russia, the International Environment and NATO Timothy J. Colton 3. Russia, NATO Enlargement, and the Strengthening of Democracy in the European Space S. Neil MacFarlane Section 2 4. Enlargement and the Perils of Containment Aurel Braun 5. NATO Beyond Russia Stanley R. Sloan 6. Russia and NATO Enlargement Jeffrey Simon Section 3 7. NATO, the European Union, Russia and the Fight against Terrorism Peter R. Neumann 8. Can Russia be a Partner for NATO in the Middle East? Robert O. Freedman 9. Is East-West Integration Possible? Stephen J. Blank. Conclusion: Tendencies and Prospects for Security and Democracy Aurel Braun

Aurel Braun is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Toronto. He has published extensively on communist affairs and strategic studies with a special focus on the problems of the transformation of the socialist systems in the former Soviet Union and in Eastern Europe. He is also a specialist in international law. He is the author and/or editor of several books, including Dilemmas of Transition; and The Extreme Right: Freedom and Security At Risk.

• Introduction: Thinking about Security and Democracy Aurel Braun Section 1 1. Electing to Fight: Emerging Democracies and International Instability Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder 2. Post-Postcommunist Russia, the International Environment and NATO Timothy J. Colton 3. Russia, NATO Enlargement, and the Strengthening of Democracy in the European Space S. Neil MacFarlane Section 2 4. Enlargement and the Perils of Containment Aurel Braun 5. NATO Beyond Russia Stanley R. Sloan 6. Russia and NATO Enlargement Jeffrey Simon Section 3 7. NATO, the European Union, Russia and the Fight against Terrorism Peter R. Neumann 8. Can Russia be a Partner for NATO in the Middle East? Robert O. Freedman 9. Is East-West Integration Possible? Stephen J. Blank. Conclusion: Tendencies and Prospects for Security and Democracy Aurel Braun

Aurel Braun is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Toronto. He has published extensively on communist affairs and strategic studies with a special focus on the problems of the transformation of the socialist systems in the former Soviet Union and in Eastern Europe. He is also a specialist in international law. He is the author and/or editor of several books, including Dilemmas of Transition; and The Extreme Right: Freedom and Security At Risk.

• Introduction: Thinking about Security and Democracy Aurel Braun Section 1 1. Electing to Fight: Emerging Democracies and International Instability Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder 2. Post-Postcommunist Russia, the International Environment and NATO Timothy J. Colton 3. Russia, NATO Enlargement, and the Strengthening of Democracy in the European Space S. Neil MacFarlane Section 2 4. Enlargement and the Perils of Containment Aurel Braun 5. NATO Beyond Russia Stanley R. Sloan 6. Russia and NATO Enlargement Jeffrey Simon Section 3 7. NATO, the European Union, Russia and the Fight against Terrorism Peter R. Neumann 8. Can Russia be a Partner for NATO in the Middle East? Robert O. Freedman 9. Is East-West Integration Possible? Stephen J. Blank. Conclusion: Tendencies and Prospects for Security and Democracy Aurel Braun