PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter One NATO'S EASTERN AGENDA IN A NEW STRATEGIC ERA -- THE ROAD TO PRAGUE -- NATO'S POST-PRAGUE AGENDA IN THE EAST -- THE CHANGING STRATEGIC CONTEXT -- FOCUS OF THIS STUDY -- Chapter Two CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION -- THE WANING NATIONALIST TEMPTATION -- A GENERATIONAL CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP -- THE CHANGING PARTY LANDSCAPE -- MILITARY INTEGRATION AND REFORM -- CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS -- THE IMPACT OF THE KOSOVO CONFLICT -- THE IMPACT OF SEPTEMBER 11 -- CENTRAL EUROPE AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION -- CENTRAL EUROPE AND ESDP -- REGIONAL COOPERATION -- GERMANY'S NEW ZWANG NACH OSTEN -- POLAND'S GROWING REGIONAL ROLE -- THE SECOND ROUND OF ENLARGEMENT -- THE "NEW EUROPE" AND THE NEW NATO -- THE FUTURE OF THE VILNIUS GROUP -- THE WESTERN BALKANS -- Chapter Three BALTIC SECURITY -- MILITARY MODERNIZATION AND REFORM -- REGIONAL DEFENSE COOPERATION -- AMERICAN POLICY -- U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS AFTER PRAGUE -- EUROPEAN ATTITUDES AND POLICY -- THE DEFENSE OF THE BALTIC STATES -- THE EUROPEAN UNION'S NORTHERN DIMENSION -- NORDIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY -- THE RUSSIAN FACTOR -- THE ECONOMIC AND ENERGY DIMENSION -- THE PROBLEM OF KALININGRAD -- THE IMPACT OF EU AND NATO ENLARGEMENT ON KALININGRAD -- THE BROADER IMPACT OF ENLARGEMENT ON BALTIC POLITICS AND SECURITY -- THE POST-PRAGUE AGENDA IN THE BALTIC REGION -- BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD -- DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERS -- Chapter Four UKRAINE'S UNCERTAIN "EUROPEAN CHOICE" -- ETHNIC AND REGIONAL DIVISIONS -- CRIMEA AND SEVASTOPOL -- ECONOMIC CHALLENGES -- THE IMPACT OF "KUCHMAGATE" -- THE RUSSIAN FACTOR -- THE AMERICAN CONNECTION -- UKRAINE'S PROBLEMATIC "EUROPEAN CHOICE" -- UKRAINE AND NATO -- MILITARY REFORM -- THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIMENSION -- GUUAM AND CASPIAN COOPERATION -- UKRAINE'S UNCERTAIN FUTURE.

Chapter Five WHITHER RUSSIA? -- RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN TRANSITION -- RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER PUTIN -- RUSSIA'S MILITARY DECLINE -- MILITARY REFORM -- MILITARY AND DEFENSE POLICY UNDER PUTIN -- RUSSIA'S NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE AND SECURITY CONCEPT -- THE CONFLICT IN CHECHNYA -- RELATIONS WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES -- NEW ACCENTS IN CIS POLICY UNDER PUTIN -- THE CAUCASUS -- CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- RELATIONS WITH WESTERN EUROPE AND THE EU -- RUSSIAN ATTITUDES TOWARD ESDP -- THE GERMAN FACTOR -- RELATIONS WITH NATO -- THE WINDS OF CHANGE -- Chapter Six NATO'S EASTERN AGENDA AFTER PRAGUE: IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR U.S. POLICY -- CONSOLIDATING THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- ENSURING THE SECURITY OF THE BALTIC STATES -- DEVELOPING A POST-ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY FOR UKRAINE -- DEEPENING THE RUSSIA-NATO PARTNERSHIP -- ENGAGEMENT IN THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA -- THE NEW STRATEGIC CONTEXT -- U.S. LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT -- FORGING A NEW TRANSATLANTIC CONSENSUS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.