Contents Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Foreword by Geoffrey ROBERTSON QC Introduction. The Plight of Europe's Border States Simona tUtUIANU and Iulian CHIFU Chapter 1. New States, New Borders: Nothing Succeeds Like Secession? erban PAVELESCU and Simona tUtUIANU Chapter 2. One Rope, Two Ends: NATO and EU Facing Russian Interests Iulian CHIFU and Diana BaRBUCEANU Chapter 3. Is Energy Really Flowing from East to West? Narciz BaLasOIU and Dumitru sARANUtA Chapter 4. Migration and Transnational Crime: Europe, the New Noah's Ark Adriana SAULIUC and Simona CATANa Chapter 5. The Frozen Conflicts Seem to Melt Down Iulian CHIFU and Andreea IBaNESCU Chapter 6. Challenges of the MENA Region Radu ARGHIR, Adriana SAULIUC and Narciz BaLasOIU Chapter 7.

Soft Power of the East: From Benign Influence to Dominance and Informational Warfare Iulian CHIFU, Alexandru VOICU andCarola FREY Chapter 8. Reestablishing a Fault Line between Europe's East and West: Russia's "Hybrid War" and How Should NATO Respond Simona tUtUIANU and Nelu BÎRLa Chapter 9. Conflict Resolution Efforts: Recovering the Loss Ioan CRaCIUN Index 8;sOIU and Dumitru sARANUtA Chapter 4. Migration and Transnational Crime: Europe, the New Noah's Ark Adriana SAULIUC and Simona CATANa Chapter 5. The Frozen Conflicts Seem to Melt Down Iulian CHIFU and Andreea IBaNESCU Chapter 6. Challenges of the MENA Region Radu ARGHIR, Adriana SAULIUC and Narciz BaLasOIU Chapter 7. Soft Power of the East: From Benign Influence to Dominance and Informational Warfare Iulian CHIFU, Alexandru VOICU andCarola FREY Chapter 8. Reestablishing a Fault Line between Europe's East and West: Russia's "Hybrid War" and How Should NATO Respond Simona tUtUIANU and Nelu BÎRLa Chapter 9.

Conflict Resolution Efforts: Recovering the Loss Ioan CRaCIUN Index er 8. Reestablishing a Fault Line between Europe's East and West: Russia's "Hybrid War" and How Should NATO Respond Simona tUtUIANU and Nelu BÎRLa Chapter 9. Conflict Resolution Efforts: Recovering the Loss Ioan CRaCIUN Index.