The Boundaries of EU Enlargement Finding a Place for Neighbours [Hardcover]

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.Introduction; J.DeBardeleben Part I: EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE NEW NEIGHBOURS The New Neighbours of the European Union: The Compelling Logic of Enlargement?; T.Casier The European Neighbourhood Policy and Why the Northern Dimension Matters; C.S.Browning & P.Joenniemi Part II: THE EU AND RUSSIA The EU's Policy towards Russia: Extending Governance beyond Borders?; S.G?nzle Public Attitudes toward EU-Russian Relations: Knowledge, Values, and Interests; J.DeBardeleben Regulatory Convergence and Global Partnership: Another Phase in EU-Russia Relations; H.Rytovuori-Apunen Russia and the New Europe: Strategies for an Evolving Relationship; N.Noonan Part III: THE EU, UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA Ukraine and the European Neighbourhood Policy; C.C.Pentland Security Concerns in the EU Neighbourhood: The Effects of EU Immigration and Asylum Policy for Ukraine; L.Zhyznomirska The Bologna Process: Exploring Mechanisms of European Enlargement in Ukraine; T.Koshmanova Whither Moldova: East or West?; R.Weiner Part IV: THE EU AND SOUTH EAST EUROPE The Europeanization of 'Defective Democracies' in the Western Balkans: Pre-Accession Challenges to Democratic Consolidation; L.J.Cohen The EU in South East Europe: Peace Consolidation and Differentiation; A.Bendiek From Petersberg to Pristina: ESDP Operations in South East Europe; C.C.Pentland Conclusion; J.DeBardeleben

'This book represents a very solid introduction to the key issues in the EU's relations with its European neighbours and as such will be of great use to students and scholars alike.' - Nathaniel Copsey, Europe-Asia Studies

ANNEGRET BENDIEK Research Associate, German Institute for InternlC5