Karen Dawisha is professor of government and director of the Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• 1. Introduction I. State-Building and Military Power in Russia2. The Politics of Russian Security Policy 3. Russian Military Doctrine and Deployments 4. Defense industries in Russia and the Other Post-Soviet States 5. Russian Policy Toward Military Conflicts in the Former Soviet Union II. State-Building and Military Power in the Western Newly Independent States 6. National Security in the Baltic States: Rolling Back the Bridgehead 7. Ukrainian Perspectives on National Security and Ukrainian Military Doctrine 8. Ukrainian Civil-Military Relations and the Military Impact of the Ukrainian Economic Crisis 9. Belarusian Perspectives on National Security and Belarusian Military Policy III. State-Building and Military Power in the Southern Newly Independent States 10. National Security and Military Issues in the Transcaucasus: Tue Cases of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia 11. National Security and Military Issues in Central Asia IV. State-Building and Military Power in Context 12. Western Responses to Military Developments in the Former Soviet Union 13. State-Building and Post-Soviet Military Affairs: From the Past to the Future

Karen Dawisha is professor of government and director of the Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• 1. Introduction I. State-Building and Military Power in Russia2. The Politics of Russian Security Policy 3. Russian Military Doctrine and Deployments 4. Defense industries in Russia and the Other Post-Soviet States 5. Russian Policy Toward Military Conflicts in the Former Soviet Union II. State-Building and Military Power in the Western Newly Independent States 6. National Security in the Baltic States: Rolling Back the Bridgehead 7. Ukrainian Perspectives on National Security and Ukrainian Military Doctrine 8. Ukrainian Civil-Military Relations and the Military Impact of the Ukrainian Economic Crisis 9. Belarusian Perspectives on National Security and Belarusian Military Policy III. State-Building and Military Power in the Southern Newly Independent States 10. National Security and Military Issues in the Transcaucasus: Tue Cases of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia 11. National Security and Military Issues in Central Asia IV. State-Building and Military Power in Context 12. Western Responses to Military Developments in the Former Soviet Union 13. State-Building and Post-Soviet Military Affairs: From the Past to the Future

Karen Dawisha is professor of government and director of the Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• 1. Introduction I. State-Building and Military Power in Russia2. The Politics of Russian Security Policy 3. Russian Military Doctrine and Deployments 4. Defense industries in Russia and the Other Post-Soviet States 5. Russian Policy Toward Military Conflicts in the Former Soviet Union II. State-Building and Military Power in the Western Newly Independent States 6. National Security in the Baltic States: Rolling Back the Bridgehead 7. Ukrainian Perspectives on National Security and Ukrainian Military Doctrine 8. Ukrainian Civil-Military Relations and the Military Impact of the Ukrainian Economic Crisis 9. Belarusian Perspectives on National Security and Belarusian Military Policy III. State-Building and Military Power in the Southern Newly Independent States 10. National Security and Military Issues in the Transcaucasus: Tue Cases of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia 11. National Security and Military Issues in Central Asia IV. State-Building and Military Power in Context 12. Western Responses to Military Developments in the Former Soviet Union 13. State-Building and Post-Soviet Military Affairs: From the Past to the Future