Prospects and Risks Beyond EU Enlargement : Southeastern Europe: Weak States and Strong International Support

Wim Van Meurs

ISBN 10: 3810038644 / ISBN 13: 9783810038647

Published by VS Verlag Für Sozialwissenschaften, VS Verlag Für Sozialwissenschaften, 2003

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Werner Weidenfeld Since the signing of the Treaties of Rome in 1957, Western European history has been an ongoing process integrating and enlarging European institutions. Over the course of that time, the institutions now known as the European Union have become a major pillar for the security and stability for Europe as a whole. These essential functions can only be perpetuated if the Union can project its capacities and capabilities beyond its current borders. Today's European agenda is defined by integration. Offering prospects for membership in the EU has been a successful instrument for helping shape the transition in East Central Europe. The imminent first round of enlargement also calls for a deep ening of EU integration, which should be resolved through the EU Convention. While the European Union is preparing for ten new member states, developments in Europe are far from standing still. The countries beyond the EU's future borders in Eastern Europe and the Balkans are undertaking a threefold process of national con solidation, transition to a market economy and strengthening parliamentary democ racy. These processes entail risks that range from authoritarian regimes to armed es calation in Southeastern Europe. These risks have a direct impact on European secu rity and stability. At the same time, some areas of internal transition are making seri ous strides toward Western standards. For this reason, simply reducing Eastern and Southeastern Europe to a set of risks threatens to create a self-fulfilling prophecy.; DerBand sind in einer Forschungsreihe der Bertelsmann-Stiftung entstanden. Er beleuchten die Beziehungen zwischen der Europäischen Union und den Staaten in Ost- bzw. Südosteuropa jenseits der Osterweiterung. Ausgehend von den einzelstaatlichen Analysen formulieren die AutorInnen politisch relevante Strategieempfehlungen und entwickeln ein Konzept für eine gesamteuropäische Politik.Der Band über Südosteuropa befasst sich mit den Asymmetrien zwischen dem Westbalkan und der Europäischen Union. Die AutorInnen untersuchen insbesondere Folgefragen und nicht-intendierte Konsequenzen massiver Reformunterstützung und Außensteuerung in schwachen Staaten.Analytische Perspektiven, die üblicherweise getrennt betrachtet werden, werden hier kombiniert: regionale Stabilisierung, diplomatisches Konfliktmanagement, militärische Krisenprävention und Außenunterstützung für Reformprozesse. Die EU profiliert sich zunehmend als Regionalmacht und wichtigste Bürge für Sicherheit und Stabilität auf dem Balkan mit einem umfassenden Instrumentarium, das von der GASP/ESVP bis zu dem Stabilitätspakt und einer langfristigen Beitrittsperspektive reicht. Das Grunddilemma der Region liegt in dem Spannungsverhältnis zwischen der Notwendigkeit massiver, umfassender Außensteuerung in Zusammenhang mit den Stabilitätsrisiken und Reformdefiziten der Region einerseits und den just daraus folgenden politischen und wirtschaftlichen Abhängigkeiten sowie mangelnder Demokratisierung und Eigenverantwortung andererseits. Die Studien sind problem-orientiert und auf politisch relevante Strategieempfehlungen für Länder oder Politikbereiche ausgerichtet.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prospects and Risks Beyond EU Enlargement : Southeastern Europe: Weak States and Strong International Support
• Publisher: VS Verlag Für Sozialwissenschaften, VS Verlag Für Sozialwissenschaften
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3810038644
• ISBN 13: 9783810038647
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 17D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 528 grams

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Synopsis

Werner Weidenfeld Since the signing of the Treaties of Rome in 1957, Western European history has been an ongoing process integrating and enlarging European institutions. Over the course of that time, the institutions now known as the European Union have become a major pillar for the security and stability for Europe as a whole. These essential functions can only be perpetuated if the Union can project its capacities and capabilities beyond its current borders. Today's European agenda is defined by integration. Offering prospects for membership in the EU has been a successful instrument for helping shape the transition in East Central Europe. The imminent first round of enlargement also calls for a deep­ ening of EU integration, which should be resolved through the EU Convention. While the European Union is preparing for ten new member states, developments in Europe are far from standing still. The countries beyond the EU's future borders in Eastern Europe and the Balkans are undertaking a threefold process of national con­ solidation, transition to a market economy and strengthening parliamentary democ­ racy. These processes entail risks that range from authoritarian regimes to armed es­ calation in Southeastern Europe. These risks have a direct impact on European secu­ rity and stability. At the same time, some areas of internal transition are making seri­ ous strides toward Western standards. For this reason, simply reducing Eastern and Southeastern Europe to a set of risks threatens to create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

About the Author

Dr. Wim van Meurs, Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung, München.