An analysis of the significance of nationalism and ethnic conflict in the affairs of the populations of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Central Asia. Acknowledgements, Preface, Acronyms, Introduction, Background, European Security after the Cold War, Nationalism and Ethnicity: Conceptual Perspectives, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Central Europe, The Hungarian Minorities, The Czech Republic and Slovakia, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in the Balkan States, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Serbia, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Russia and Ukraine, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Moldova, The Response: The Principal Powers and the European Security Institutions, ''Square Pegs into Round Holes'': The Security Institutions, Peace-Keeping and Peace-Making, Conclusion, Index, Maps, The Former Yugoslavia, The Newly Independent States of Central Asia, The Caucasus, Moldova.