The politics of security sector reform : challenges and opportunities for the European Union's global role / Magnus Ekengren and Greg Simons.

Three traditions and the concept of security sector reform / Carl-Einar Stålvant -- Security and safety in the Baltic Sea region 1989{u2013}2004: transformations and three agents of change / Carl-Einar Stålvant -- Searching for homeostasis in the security domain: the Polish experience / Witold M. Patoka -- The quest for an EU approach for security sector reform / Alyson J.K. Bailes -- The EU's view on security sector reform / Malena Britz -- Prospects and advantages of EU security sector reform / David Spence -- The challenge of a broadening security agenda for EU security sector reform / Magnus Ekengren -- Security sector reform in the Western Balkans: the challenge of coherence and effectiveness / Gemma Collantes-Celador and Ana F. Juncos -- Ukrainian security identity and NATO generated SSR / Fredrik Bynander -- The politics of borders and nationalities in Ukraine: impacts upon security sector reform / Greg Simons -- The control of small arms and light weapons in Ukraine: the need for strengthened international security sector reform / Andrea Johansson -- Missed opportunities: the European Union and security sector reform in Afghanistan / Mark Sedra -- Security sector reform in sub-Saharan Africa: a new playground, different rules, new players? / Magnus Jörgel -- The European Union and SSR in Guinea-Bissau / Caroline Bahnson -- Liberian vigilantes: informal security provision on the margins of security sector reform / Ana Kantor and Mariam Persson -- Conclusion: challenges and opportunities {u2013} towards a comprehensive EU SSR policy and practice / Magnus Ekengren and Greg Simons -- Epilogue: central insights and recommendations for EU SSR / Magnus Ekengren.

Includes bibliographical references and index.