1st Edition

The Changing Geopolitics of Eastern Europe

Edited By Dr A H Dawson, Rick Fawn Copyright 2002

    This work covers the uncertain geopolitical situation of some countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including some of those which are hoping to enter the European Union in the near future, some for which entry is far off, and some which may never seek or be eligible for membership.

    An introduction: the geography and geopolitics of the new Eastern Europe, Andrew Dawson and Rick Fawn; will Europe ever be round and whole? reflections on EU enlargement after the collapse of Communism, George Blazyca; the post-socialist states in the world-economy - transformation trajectories, Michael Bradshaw; the elusive defined? Determining the contemporary contours of central Europe, Rick Fawn; Russia, NATO and the EU in an era of enlargement - vulnerability or opportunity? Martin Smith and Graham Timmins; a Polish bridge? Andrew Dawson; Albania in Europe - condemned to the periphery or beyond? Derek Hall; Romania - contemporary geopolitical perspectives, David Turnock; Russian geopolitics at the fin-de siecle, Vladimir Kolossov and Rostislav Turovsky.

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    Edited by Dawson, Dr A H; Fawn, Rick