Press Release (97)72 5 June 1997

NATO Research Fellowships Programme 1997-1999 NATO Fellowships Winners/ Laurats des Bourses OTAN

Winner of Manfred Wrner Fellowship

Austria Otmar R. HLL - Institutional Security in Central and Eastern Europe: Problems - Perceptions - Policies (On behalf of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs)

NATO Research Fellowships

Belgium Eric REMACLE - Institutional "Parliamentary Scrutiny of Peacekeeping Operations" (jointly with Prof. Patricia Chilton, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom) Joe VERHOEVEN - Individual Avantages et inconvnients d'une "juridiction" de la scurit europenne. Canada J. Laurence BLACK - Individual Understanding Russia's Objections to the Expansion of NATO Eastward. The Implications for NATO Albert LEGAULT - Individual L'OTAN largie: Faut-il prvoir de nouveaux mcanismes de rsolution des conflits et de nouveaux processus dcisionnels? Jacques LEVESQUE - Individual L'largissement de l'OTAN et le comportement internationale de la Russie. France Alinor BENOIST - Individual Structure du systme d'information et politique des mdias en Serbie, Croatie et Bosnia-Herzgovine. Frdrique BESSON - Individual Les relations entre la Turquie et l'Asie Centrale dans le cadre des organisations internationales ou rgionales. Patrick Klein - Individual Le renforcement de la dimension europenne de l'Alliance Atlantique: efforts et ambitions de la France. Greece Dimitris KERIDIS - Individual Greek-Turkish Relations After the Cold War - A Study in Foreign Policy Formation Panayotis TSAKONAS - Individual Creating Conditions of Stability in South Eastern Europe - Prospects for an Arms Control Regime Despina TAXIARCHI - Individual NATO's Enlargement: The Implications for the Balkan States Italy Fabrizio PAGANI - Individual Are National Doctrines for Peace Operations Compatible ? A Review of the National Doctrines for Peace Operations and of How They Fit into the NATO Doctrine Marco CESA - Individual Beyond East-West Security: NATO's Functions of Management and the Stability of the International System Filippo ANDREATTA - Individual European Integration and Transatlantic Relations Roberto MENOTTI - Institutional "NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue initiative: Italian positions, interests, perceptions, and the implications for Italy-US relations" Portugal Goran Jovanovic - Individual Le dessin de presse, l'OTAN et la guerre en Bosnie, 1992-1995 Spain Fernando REINARES NESTARES - Individual Transnational Organized Crime as an Increasing Threat to the National Security of NATO Member States David GARCIA - Individual The Relations between the European Union and the United States. The Implementation Problem of the New Transatlantic Agenda's First Objective Monica SAN JOSE ROCA - Individual Le renforcement du pillier europen de la scurit atlantique Turkey Suha BOLUKBASIOGLU - Individual The Enlargement of NATO and the Turkish Public Opinion Mustafa TRKES - Individual The Attitudes and Roles of Turkey in NATO's Extending Relations with the East-Central European Countries United Kingdom Richard WHITMAN - Individual "The Security Challenge of Europe's Southern Flank: A Comparison of NATO, EU and WEU Policies and Objectives" Michael CODNER - Individual The Effects of Technological Innovation and Development on Inter-Operability Within the Alliance and With Coalition Partners Eric GROVE - Individual The Changing European Security Architecture: The Future of NATO United States Thomas Alan SCHWARTZ - Individual "NATO, Europe, and the Johnson Administration: Alliance Politics, Political Economy, and the Beginning of Detente, 1963-1969" Robert P. GRANT - Individual Coalitions of the Willing: NATO and Post-Cold War Military Intervention Vladimir BROVKIN - Individual Discourse on NATO Expansion in Russia

Democratic Institutions Fellowships

Albania Halit DACI - Individual The Impact of the Democratic Changes in the Albanian Army Belarus Anatoli ROZANOV - Individual "Comparative Analysis of Publications on NATO's Transformation and Enlargement in Belarussian Independent and Government Press, 1996-1997" Bulgaria Plamen BONCHEV - Individual Civil-Military Relations in the Process of Security and Defence Policy Formulation: A Case Study of Bulgaria's Participation in PfP Galin KAMENOV - Individual "Comparative Study of the Efficiency of Educational Programmes of the Army, Media and Non-Governmental Organisations in Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS among the Military Personnel" Antoaneta CHRISTOVA - Individual The Role of National Parliaments in the Decision-Making Mechanism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Kristofor PAVLOV - Individual Currency Board Solution in Bulgaria Valeri RATCHEV - Individual NATO and the South-Eastern European Security Perspectives: Implications for Evolution of the National Security Institutions and Decision-Making Process in Bulgaria Evgeni TANCHEV - Individual Amendments to the Bulgarian 1991 Constitution for Joining European Union as a full Member State Nikolay MLADENOV - Individual The Emerging Non-Proliferation Export Control Policy of Bulgaria After 1990 Ivanka ATANASSOVA - Individual The Impact of Ethnic Issues on the Security of South Eastern Europe Dimitrina MERDJANOVA - Individual Nationalism and Religion in Central and East Europe Andrey IVANOV - Individual East European Security After the First Round of NATO Extension Czech Republic Milos BALABAN - Individual Position and Task of Non-Government Organisations in the Process of Democratic Control of the Armed Forces and their Support for Achieving a Higher Credibility of Armed Forces in the General Public Milan LUPTAK - Individual Migration de travail et les institutions dmocratiques en Rpublique tchque l'exemple des travailleurs ukrainians (jointly with Dr. Dusan Drbohlav, Charles University, Czech Republic) Estonia Juri SAAR - Individual Criminal Justice System and Process of Democratization in Estonia Georgia Mamuka KUDAVA - Individual Developing a Regional Approach in the Transcaucasus: Georgian View Albert MENTESHASHVILI - Individual Security and Foreign Policy in Central Asian and Caucasian Republics Levan ALAPISHVILI - Individual The Civil-Military Relations and Democratic Control on Armed Forces in Caucasus Region - A comparative study Konstantin KORKELIA - Individual The CIS Peace-Keeping Operations in the Context of International Legal Order Naira MAMOUKELACHVILI - Individual La dmocratisation du rgime politique de Gorgie dans la premire moiti des annes 90 du XXs Hungary Gabriella ILONSZKI - Individual Double Democratisation: The Impact of European Integration upon National Parliaments in ECE Gyrgy LEDERER - Individual Modern Islam in East Europe Kyrgyzstan Olga POZDNYAKOVA - Individual Mass Media of Kyrgyzstan on NATO and other Western Institutions' Expansion in the Central Asian Region Latvia Andris RUNCIS - Individual Latvia Towards Europe: Internal Security Issues Zaneta OZOLINA - Institutional The Impact of European Integration Processes on Baltic Security Girts Valdis KRISTOVSKIS - Individual National Security Strategic Planning and Implementation in Latvia Lithuania Dovydas VITKAUSKAS - Individual The Role of Security Intelligence Service in a Democracy Grazina MINIOTAITE - Individual The Security Policy of Lithuania and Integration Dilemma Egidijus KURIS - Individual Constitutional Review and Constitutionalism in Lithuania: Main Trends and Prospects for Development of a New Legal Tradition Danute BUDREIKAITE - Individual Financing the Development of SMEs (the Use of Risk Capital) Poland Wieslaw LUKASZEWSKI - Individual Ethnic Stereotype and Prejudice Modification Andrzej GLOWACKI - Individual Segmentization Menace in Poland and its Implications to Poland's Integration with European Structures Antoni PODOLSKI - Individual "Political and Social Determinants of Legal Regime, Political Oversight, and Tasks performed by Special Services" Jerzy JUCHNOWSKI - Individual Polish Media in the Light of the Conflicts and Controversies between the NATO Members after the Year 1989 (on the example of the Greek and Turkish Conflicts of Cyprus) Urszula KURCZEWSKA - Individual The Polish Political Parties and their Visions of a New Democratic Order in Europe Dariusz DOLINSKI - Individual NATO in Polish Social Perception: Overt and Implicit Hopes and Fears Andrzej CZAJOWSKI - Individual The Prospects of Democratization of Russia: Between Stavophilism and Westernization Jozef LAPTOS - Individual Le rle du Conseil de l'Europe dans les relations entre les deux blocs politiques (1950-1990) Romania Oana PLESCAN-POPA - Individual Ethnonationalism and Regional Security in Central and Eastern Europe Ion JINGA - Individual L'accession l'OTAN, l'UE et l'UEO: diffrences, similititudes et synergies. Le cas de la Roumanie. Marius TITA - Individual L'impact de l'opinion publique sur la politique de scurit et de dfense roumaine Theodor TUDOROIU - Individual La dimension balkanique de la scurit europenne Russia Sergey OZNOBISTCHEV - Institutional Russian Armed Forces: Perspectives of the Military Reform and Evolution of the Military Doctrine Nikita LOMAGIN - Individual Democratization and Russian Foreign Policy Alexander SERGOUNIN - Individual A Safeguard against Anarchy ? Executive-Legislative Liaison Mechanism in the Democratic System: Some Lessons for Russian Foreign Policy Makers. Natalia ERPYLEVA - Individual The Role of Banking Regulation in the Development of Market Economy in Russia (Legal Aspects) Sergei TROUSH - Individual Russia's Response to the NATO Expansion: China Factor Marina TICHONOVA - Individual Defence Science in a Democratic Society and in Economy in Transition Manana GOUSSEINOVA - Institutional Russian and CIS Position on NATO Expansion Eastward Alexander BOROZNYAK - Individual The Role of Mass-Media in Developing Antitotalitarian Consciousness. Comparative Study of German and Russian Experiences Irina BOGDANOVSKAIA - Individual The Legislative Bodies in the Law-Making Process Irina MODNIKOVA - Institutional Challenges of the Military Reform and its Impact on Democracy Building in Russia Andrey MAKARYCHEV - Individual Ideas for Power. Double Role of Scientific Knowledge and Expertise in Public Policy Domain Arbakhan MAGOMEDOV - Individual Regional Elites and the Local Political Challenge to Centre-Periphery Relations in Post-Communist Russia: the Comparative Analysis Victor ARTEMOV - Individual Towards a Democratic Society: Trends in Russia's Everyday Life from the 1970s to the 1990s Petr IVANOV - Individual Russian Orthodox Church Revival and Democratic Transition in Russia Serguei DANILOV - Individual "Three Nations in Great Civil Wars and After; US, Russia and Spain: Cases of Democratic Renovation" Tatiana PARKHALINA - Individual Russian Perception of NATO and Future - European Security Architecture Andrei FOURSOV - Individual The Formation of the New Dominant Groups and of Democratic Order in Russia as the Factor of Atlantic Security Yuri PIVOVAROV - Individual Power Institutions in Post Communist Russia: Official Forms and Hidden Transcripts Alexander A. GALKIN - Individual Authoritarianism in Russia and Dangers for Democracy Olga BUTORINA - Individual EMU Construction and its Effects on the Consolidation Process between the EU and the Rest of Europe Mikhail Baiakovski - Individual L'Europe centrale la recherche de sa scurit. Le cas de la Slovaquie. Viatcheslav CHILOV - Individual La Recherche d'un systme de scurit pour l'Europe comme un lment de la dmocratisation de la Russie. Republic of Slovakia Ivo SAMSON - Individual Security Policy of the Slovak Republic: Deficiencies in Meeting the NATO Criteria Ukraine Marina TEGIPKO - Individual Foreign Investments in Ukraine: Venture Factors and the Ways of Their Diminution Yaroslav MUDRY - Individual Defining the Framework for New European Security: The Process of NATO Enlargement and Ukrainian National Interests Viktor BUDKIN - Individual Economic Aspects of Ukrainian Cooperation with NATO Countries: Modern State and the Models of Development