The 2004 and 2007 enlargements pushed the EU's external border further east as well as closer to unstable areas in the western Balkans. With future enlargements unlikely in the short-term, the EU faces new challenges in securing stable relationships with these neighbouring countries, while not fostering false hopes of early accession. This book explores the challenges facing the EU in developing its relations with neighboring countries in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe following the enlargements of 2004 and 2007.
Author(s): Joan DeBardeleben
Edition: 1st
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 300
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
List of Abbreviations......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
Notes on the Contributors......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Part I: EU Enlargement and the New Neighbours......Page 32
1 The New Neighbours of the European Union: The Compelling Logic of Enlargement?......Page 34
2 The European Neighbourhood Policy and Why the Northern Dimension Matters......Page 48
Part II: The EU and Russia......Page 66
3 The EU’s Policy toward Russia: Extending Governance Beyond Borders?......Page 68
4 Public Attitudes toward EU–Russian Relations: Knowledge, Values, and Interests......Page 85
5 Regulatory Convergence and Global Partnership: Another Phase in EU–Russian Relations......Page 107
6 Russia and the New Europe: Strategies for an Evolving Relationship......Page 126
Part III: The EU, Ukraine and Moldova......Page 142
7 Ukraine and the European Neighbourhood Policy......Page 144
8 Security Concerns in the EU Neighbourhood: The Effects of EU Immigration and Asylum Policy for Ukraine......Page 162
9 The Bologna Process: Exploring Mechanisms of European Enlargement in Ukraine......Page 180
10 Whither Moldova: East or West?......Page 197
Part IV: The EU and South East Europe......Page 218
11 The Europeanization of ‘Defective Democracies’ in the Western Balkans: Pre-accession Challenges to Democratic Consolidation......Page 220
12 The EU in South East Europe: Peace Consolidation and Differentiation......Page 237
13 From Petersberg to Pristina: ESDP Operations in South East Europe......Page 253
Conclusion......Page 271
Bibliography......Page 278
B......Page 288
D......Page 289
E......Page 290
F......Page 291
I......Page 292
M......Page 293
P......Page 294
R......Page 295
S......Page 296
U......Page 297
Z......Page 298
