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The Institutional Dynamics of Security Environment in Eurasia. Collaborative Reference Curriculum draft proposal – March 2005. Advantages. “ Eurasia reach ”: accounting for the changing reality Study of multilateral security institutions is an important dimension of defense education
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The Institutional Dynamics of Security Environment in Eurasia Collaborative Reference Curriculum draft proposal – March 2005
Advantages • “Eurasia reach”: accounting for the changing reality • Study of multilateral security institutions is an important dimension of defense education • Combined view of both formal institutions/programs and groups of actors • Innovative framework for analysis of complementarity/competition of security institutions in Eurasia
Research/teaching question I What are the main trends in the evolution of actors’ strategies and the institutional architecture in Europe after EU/NATO enlargement (2004) and the growing involvement of the U.S. in Central Eurasian security?
Research/teaching question II What major groups of actors/ relevant institutions can now be distinguished in Europe/post-Soviet space?
Research/teaching question III How united are the groups of actors, what are their common (or dividing) agendas?
Research/teaching question IV How do the existing institutions interact: the extent of their ooperation/complementarity or competition/mutual exclusion?
Institutions / actors in focus • NATO + PfP: evolution and outlook • EU as a foreign/security policy actor (the whole range of tools and policies, not only CFSP/ESDP) • New post-Soviet space institution-building initiatives (CSTO, SCO) • European Neutrals (Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Ireland): institutional policy trends • Non-NATO states I: Balkans + Eastern Europe • Non-NATO states II: the Caucasus • Non-NATO states III: Russia
Suggested structureof the content of course modules • Introduction: basic information, relevance and context • Recent developments/changes in institutional policies, current trends/drift • Interaction with other institutions/groups of actors • Outlook for cooperation/competition with other institutions/groups of actors
We welcome all voluntary contributionsto the project.Please address your questions and proposals to: Patrick Lehmann p.lehmann@gcsp.ch or Mikhail Troitski troitski@obraforum.ru