Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Map 1: The Balkans -- Map 2: The Caucasus -- Preface -- Introduction -- NATO and the EU: a shift towards building a security community -- 1. The Application of a pluralistic security community in Europe: Anew model for a new Europe? -- The Concept of Security: A General Perspective -- Addressing Aspects of Security -- The Security Dilemma Revisited -- Concepts and Approach to security: The European Union -- NATO and the Security Community: A radical Transformation? -- 2. Where now for Bosnia and Kosovo Western actions in search of stability -- Yugoslavia's Demise: A Historical Perspective -- The Kosovo Imbroglio: A Historical Overview -- Lessons Learned from NATO's Intervention in Kosovo -- Kosovo's Uncertain Future: Where Does Peace Lie? -- Serbia in the Post-Milosevic Era: Security Challenges -- Attempting State-building in Kosovo and Bosnia: A Perpetual Deadlock? -- 3. Turkish-Kurdish relations and the European Union: contemplating the future -- A Brief Examination of Turkish National Identity -- Examining Strategic Choices for the Turkish Republic: A Brief Overview -- The History of the Kurdish Movement: Overview -- Turkey, Kurds and the path to Europeanisation: Challenges and Dilemmas -- 4. Chechnya: the gulf between Russia and Europe -- Background -- The Developing Partnership between Russia and the EU -- Peripheral Actors: NATO and the OSCE -- Conclusions -- 5. Georgia: seeking Western engagement -- Background -- Enter Saakashvili -- Taking a Back Seat: The EU's involvement in Conflict-Resolution Efforts -- NATO Engagement -- The US and Turkey: Strengthening Military Security -- Conclusions -- 6. Nagorno-Karabakh: Diplomatic deadlock -- Securing Integration? -- Historical Roots -- The OSCE: Taking the Lead -- Staying Neutral: EU Involvement -- NATO Assistance.

International Involvements: The US and Turkey -- Conclusions -- Conclusion: Post-conflict Eurasia and the possibility of a security community system -- Notes -- Index.