Baltic Transformed

Why isn't the Baltic region like the Balkans? Why have the Baltic republics not experienced ethnic cleansing border wars authoritarian rule and social chaos? Instead peace democracy and market economies have taken root since the fall of communism. Walter C. Clemens Jr. here uses complexity theory which analyzes the role of self-organization in complex adaptive systems to explain the Baltic miracle. He argues that the theory is a vital tool for understanding the remarkable strides made by Estonia Latvia and Lithuania since 1991 in coping with the transition to partnership with the new Europe. One of the first books to apply complexity theory to a major sphere of world politics <I>The Baltic Transformed</I> will provoke constructive debate with its ambitious and well-grounded analysis of not only Baltic developments but European security more generally.