Uncertain security : confronting transnational crime in the Baltic Sea Region and Russia / Christopher J. Ulrich and Timo A. Kivimäki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ulrich, Christopher J., 1966-

Contributor:

Kivimäki, Timo.

Ulrich, Christopher J., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnational crime--Baltic States.

Transnational crime.

Organized crime--Baltic States.

Organized crime.

Transnational crime--Europe, Northern.

Organized crime--Europe, Northern.

Transnational crime--Russia (Federation).

Organized crime--Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation).

Northern Europe.

Baltic States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 260 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2002]

Summary:

Uncertain Security investigates the changing concept of security in an expanding Europe in the decade after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. Christopher Ulrich and Timo Kivim ki's new work chronicles the dramatic geopolitical, economic, and social impact of transnational crime on the Baltics, Scandinavia, and post-Soviet Russia. It analyzes the ability of Russia and the newly independent Baltic democracies to refocus much needed resources away from Cold War military imperatives to counter the threat of organized crime and criminal terrorism. The work is supplemented by an extensive appendix that documents the bilateral and multinational efforts of European governments and international law enforcement organizations to develop political, legal, and crime prevention policies to meet this new multidimensional security challenge.

Notes:

This work is an expanded and revised version of a research publication, 'Transnational risks and internal security in the Baltic Area and Post-Soviet Russia', that was written by the authors and published by the Police College of Finland in Espoo, Finland, in October 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Ulrich, Christopher J., 1966- Transnational risks and internal security in the Baltic Area and Post-Soviet Russia.

ISBN:

0739103237

OCLC:

47737769