Negotiating the New Europe The European Union and Eastern Europe

This title was first published in 2002: Offering a new and challenging perspective on how the European Union (EU) sought to structure its relations with Central and Southeast Europe after the Cold War, this volume draws upon key debates in both politics and international relations. A historically and theoretically informed examination of the EU's engagement in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989, the book combines conceptual rigour with clear empirical analysis, firmly grounding the study of the European Union's current enlargement process in established theoretical perspectives. The book is written in an engaging and accessible way, which will appeal to academics, students and practitioners alike.

Contents: Introduction. The Negotiation of the First Wave of Europe Agreements: Putting the association agreements into theoretical perspective; The EC and the first wave of association agreements: fixing the rules of the game; Explaining the outcome of the first wave of association agreements: games in multiple arenas with variable payoffs. The Negotiation of the Second Wave of Europe Agreements: Bulgarian and Romanian attempts to enter the association game: the response of the EC's member states; Relegation confirmed: the response of the EC's institutions to the Bulgarian and Romanian attempts to enter the association game; Explaining the outcome of the second wave of association agreements: the effects of bargaining in an iterated game. The Europe Agreements, Eastwards Enlargement and the EU's Strategy in the Balkans: The legacy of the Europe agreements: continuity and change in the EU's relations with central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans; Bibliography; Index.

Papadimitriou, Dimitris