This volume, based on papers presented at a conference on Environmental Security after Communism at Carleton University, explores the linkages between environmental quality and security in Eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states.

Introduction -- The Environment as a Security Problem in the Post—Communist World -- Environmental Security After Communism: The Debate -- Military Activity and Environmental Security: The Case of Radioactivity in the Arctic -- Environmental Degradation and Regional Instability in Central Europe -- The Environment and the Energy Sector -- The Post-Soviet Nuclear Power Program -- Energy and the Environment in Eastern Europe -- National and Regional Dimensions of Environmental Quality -- Building Bureaucratic Capacity in Russia: Federal and Regional Responses to the Post-Soviet Environmental Challenge -- Citizen Participation and the Environment in Russia -- Central Asia: How to Pick Up the Pieces? -- The Environmental Impact of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea Region