CIAO DATE: 06/05

Swords and Sustenance: The Economics of Security in Belarus and Ukraine

Robert Legvold and Celeste A. Wallander

MIT Press

March 2004

 

Abstract

The stability of the former Soviet states is threatened by their precarious geopolitical position within a turbulent economic and political environment. Swords and Sustenance explores the complex economic dimension of national security for two key post-Soviet countries, Belarus and Ukraine -- that is, how they have dealt with the challenges posed by internal economic and political reform and their relationships with Russia and the West.

The book first examines how differing commitments to economic and political reform (reform is largely absent in Belarus) affect Belarusian and Ukrainian approaches to security. It then considers the central role of Russia, and how Russian interests and policies toward Belarus and Ukraine limit the two countries' foreign and domestic policy choices. Two chapters discuss the national security implications for Belarus and Ukraine of two key economic factors in their foreign policy: energy trade (in the form of oil, gas, and pipelines) and military-industrial cooperation (including the sale of arms). Finally, the book considers the relationships of Belarus and Ukraine with regional and global institutions and explores the policies of the EU, NATO, and the United States toward Belarus and Ukraine.

Robert Legvold is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.

Celeste A. Wallander directs the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

 

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Glossary of Acronyms

Intoduction: Economics and Security in the Post-Soviet Space
Celeste A. Wallander and Robert Legvold

Chapter 1: Security or Prosperity? Belarusian and Ukrainian Choices (PDF, 40 pgs, 136 KB)
Andrew Wilson and Clelia Rontoyanni

Chapter 2: Economics and Security in Russia's Foreign Policy and the Implications for Ukraine and Belarus
Celeste A. Wallander

Chapter 3: Interpreting Interdependence: National Security and the Energy Trade of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Rawi Abdelal

Chapter 4: Military-Industrial Cooperation between Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia: Possibilities, Priorities, Prospects
Hrihoriy Perepelitsa

Chapter 5: Economic Integration and Security in the Post-Soviet Space
Igor Burakovsky

Chapter 6: The United States, the European Union, NATO, and the Economics of Ukrainian and Belarusian Security
Robert Legvold

Conclusion:
Robert Legvold and Celeste A. Wallander

Contributors

Index