Part 1 General perspectives: security on the great power fringe - dilemmas old and new, Olav F. Knudsen; the historical structure of conflicts in the Baltic area and the long-term national interests of Russia, Viktor M. Sergeyev; Soviet legacy and Baltic security - the case of Kaliningrad, Jakub M. Godzimirski; international security structures and the Baltic region - the implications of alternative worldwiews, Martin O. Heiler, George Quester; worldframes and cultural perspectives with specific focus on Scandinavia and Russia, Christopher A. Leeds. Part 2 Regional policies of key actors: Russian policy in the Baltic region, Arkady Moshes; Germany's security policy in the Baltic Sea region, Axel Krohn; Polish perspectives on the Baltic security, Antoni Kaminski; Sweden and the Baltic Sea region - activism on a new arena or the end of free-riding?; estonia and Russia - interethnic relations and regional security, Peeter Vares. Part 3 Intergovernmental cooperation: the security policies and concepts of the Baltic States - learning from their Nordic neighbours? Clive Archer, Christopher Jones; bridging the Nordic-Baltic gap or - the Nordic predicament in the Baltic, Grethe Vaerno; the security of the Baltic countries - cooperation and defection, Raimo Vayrynen; the Baltic States and Europe - identity and institutions, Peter van Ham. Part 4 Concluding section: the European Union, the Baltic States and post-Soviet Russia - theoretical problems and possibilities for developing partnership relations in the north-eastern Baltic Sea region, Helmut Hobble.
