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The concept of Greater Eurasia is substantially a network concept inviting the multiplication of the number and quality of nods in Eurasian space. Presently it does not imply integration but proposes the growth of trade, investment, and cultural ties. The main impediment to the expansion of interlinks between the countries of the continent are differences in the approaches to security matters including soft security. This article focuses on security, and it will concentrate on the compatibility of soft security stances by most important Eurasian actors: China, Russia, and the European Union. Since military-political security is a particular and separate field, and because of the evolution of security concepts in recent years, the article will focus on non-military security, specifically on economic, technological, ecological, and societal security.

There is no dilemma that military symbolizes the power and thecapacity of the state to ensure the security of its boundaries, but also to influence thesecurity in wider frameworks. Military potential itself was the grounds for the equilibrium ofthe world until the fall of the Berlin Wall. However, the following historic events haveentailed a redefinition process of the military's place in the state. This has resulted inreforms of the military potential and the interconnection of the civil and the militaryrelations at both the national and the international level. The current threats and risksagainst security additionally underline the necessity for such interconnection because themilitary culture significantly differs from the civilian culture in the approach to certainsecurity related issues. The situation in the Republic of Macedonia since the period ofgaining independence onwards is similar. This text aims to make a very brief analysis of thepreference of the military security option over the civilian option, and, at the same time, ofthe situation in the Republic of Macedonia related to this issue in the past 20 years.Key words: armed forces, defence interests, security environment, politicalinfluence, security threats.

Influence of Gorbachev's domestic policies on a change from reliance on military power to a cultivation of economic interdependence.

Interdependence, trade and economic cooperation, and political factors in East-West relations.

The socio-political situation in Central Europe in the years after the fall of communism shows a sharp break from that system, but the region is not yet characterized by fully-formed and mature liberal democracies. These countries are still undergoing a phase of transition. At the heart of non-military security issues in Central Europe are problems that are new for these societies, and this novelty makes the problems especially challenging. There must be fostered among national populations a more sophisticated understanding of the free-market economy and of democratic principles. Particularly significant is the search for identity which is taking place on many levels – ethnic, cultural, religious and historical among others. This experience is important not only for Central European countries; it is also important for the European Union, whose members in 2004 they will become. This challenge is part of understanding the factors influencing the development of a democratic culture.

The end of the Cold War brought with it a changed perception of human individuals on the types of threats to their security. Thus, issues related to nonmilitary dimensions of security have replaced those of a military nature, butnot eliminate them. We can say with certainty that in the beginning of XXI century, dangers and security threats tend to be more diffuse, less predictable and multidimensional. Unlike traditional military threats emanating from aknown opponent, they can not be countered either by increasing military spending and troop deployment or closing the borders. For these reasons, the need for increased international cooperation, many of those dangers andthreats can not be resolved within the traditional national security.Keywords: security; social security; human security; non-military; good governance; bad governance.