Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Glossary -- Chronology -- About the authors -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter One Cold Peace -- The settlement-that-wasn't -- The problem of the In-Betweens -- Low-grade competition -- Stresses and strains -- Chapter Two Contestation entrenched -- The Cold Peace unravels -- No more Yaltas -- A frozen conflict heats up -- Enter the EU and the EEU -- A deceptive calm -- Chapter Three Breaking point -- Raising the stakes -- Another settlement-that-wasn't -- A spring snaps back -- Doubling down -- Stalemate -- Chapter Four The negative-sum game and how to move past it -- Everyone loses -- The regional fallout -- Moving past the negative-sum game -- Notes -- Index.

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