The Frontiers of Europe: A Transatlantic Problem? (Brookings-SSPA Series on Public Administration) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 081570545X ISBN 13: 9780815705451

Verlag: Brookings Institution Press, 2011

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As the European Union tries to increase both its visibility and its impact on the world stage, it cannot overlook the fact that until now enlargement has formed its most successful foreign policy. But is the EU's enlargement strategy still relevant today? Have the economic crisis and the speculative attack on the euro made the enlargement policy more uncertain?
In The Frontiers of Europe, an international cast of leading experts and policymakers examine the EU's prospective borders from new perspectives. Indeed, the frontiers of Europe are as much a matter of values and the EU's international credibility as they are a matter of geographic definition. The contributors highlight the considerable yet different interests of the United States and Russia in the EU's enlargement strategy, paying special attention to the likely effects on the future of U.S.-EU relations.
This comprehensive volume focuses not only on the European Union's outward expansion, but also on the internal dynamics within EU states and those states' abilities to deal with pressing issues such as terrorism, immigration, internal crime, and energy security. The EU must prioritize stability in both its enlargement strategy and its relations with the broader international neighborhood. The book raises a note of caution, however: as governance challenges increase, the EU's attention increasingly draws inward, thus diminishing its soft power.
The Frontiers of Europe is important reading for anyone trying to understand the current geopolitical landscape of Europe and what it means for the rest of the world.

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Federiga Bindi holds the Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and is a fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Bindi has held several policy appointments in government, including serving as senior adviser to Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, and as fellow serving on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee under Sen. John Kerry's chairmanship. Bindi was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution from 2008 to 2010.

Irina Angelescu is a research fellow with the European Center of Excellence of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and a consultant for the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe.

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Contents

Foreword Franco Frattini.................................................................................................................ixAcknowledgments...........................................................................................................................xv1 Introduction: Defining the Frontiers of Europe from a Transatlantic Perspective Federiga Bindi and Irina Angelescu.....................12 A Brief History of EU Enlargements Federiga Bindi......................................................................................93 EU Enlargement Policy: From Success to Fatigue Ferdinando Nelli Feroci.................................................................254 EU Enlargement: Benefits and Obstacles John Peet.......................................................................................355 The European Neighborhood Policy: Geopolitics or Value Export? Christoffer Kølvraa and Jan Ifversen...............................456 One Frontier, Many Boundaries? European Union Migration Policies Irina Angelescu.......................................................697 Terrorism and Immigration in the European Union: Strangers in the Night Gilles de Kerchove.............................................838 European Union Enlargement, Violent Radicalization, and Terrorism Jean-Luc Marret......................................................989 Immigration and Security in Europe: A Look at the Italian Case Umberto Melotti.........................................................10710 The Challenge of the European Union's Energy Policy and Regulation Alessandro Ortis...................................................12711 Translating Energy Strategy into Policy with EU Enlargement Massimo Gaiani............................................................14412 Development Policy in a Changing Europe: More Donors, New Challenges Maurizio Carbone.................................................15113 The Euro Crisis and the New Economic Governance Luca Einaudi..........................................................................16614 European Union–China Relations in Light of Possible Future EU Enlargements Giovanni B. Andornino.................................18515 A Saturated Alliance? Assessing the Prospects for Further NATO Enlargement Jan Techau.................................................19916 Imperatives of Constructing a New Security System in the Euro-Atlantic Region: The Russian Perspective Mark Entin.....................20917 The EU Concept of Security from a U.S. Perspective Kurt Volker........................................................................21918 The Rise and Stall of Democratic Enlargement Amichai Magen............................................................................22919 European–Latin American Relations in the Twenty-First Century Joaquín Roy...................................................24820 Conclusion: The European Union Should Again Be "Open for Business" Federiga Bindi and Irina Angelescu.................................272Contributors..............................................................................................................................281Index.....................................................................................................................................287

Chapter One

Introduction: Defining the Frontiers of Europe from a Transatlantic Perspective

The 2004–07 "Big Bang" enlargement of the European Union to include ten Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) as well as Cyprus and Malta was accompanied by a feeling of relief in Brussels. This moment marked the consolidation of the "new" frontiers of Europe, a continent no longer divided by the Iron Curtain of the cold war period. However, the post-enlargement euphoria was short lived. In hindsight, the enlargement of the European Union (EU) to the east did not so much settle the issue of Europe's frontiers as open a Pandora's box of questions about where the final borders of Europe will be set and what the EU's relations with its neighborhood should be.

As much as the EU would have preferred to enjoy its success and focus on its internal problems, its new neighbors to the south and east demanded that the process of enlargement be opened all over again. They are now "knocking at the EU gates" and asking to be let in as members. Consequently, after the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty and the issues raised by the economic crisis that began in 2008, the next hot topic on the EU agenda is the future of enlargement and relations with the neighborhood. The question of Europe's frontiers remains unanswered—and of great relevance to its neighborhood and to transatlantic relations.

The importance of future enlargements should not be underestimated. As the EU is trying to gain visibility and have a greater impact on the world stage, it cannot overlook the fact that until now enlargement has been its most successful form of foreign policy. The history of the European Communities (EC, now the EU) shows that waves of enlargement are usually followed by further integration and concentration of powers at the EU level. In other words, enlargement has a significant impact on EU domestic politics.

Defining the EU's frontiers is, however, not solely a domestic issue. Given the countries that could be involved in the next enlargements (Turkey, the Balkan states, and, in the long term, possibly countries in the Caucasus and even Russia), the EU's frontiers are a geopolitical decision with high stakes that will influence contemporary international relations: from transatlantic relations to U.S.-Russian relations. Europe's future borders are therefore likely to profoundly affect its bilateral and multilateral relations in the world. Since both the United States and Russia have strong preferences for how the enlarged EU should look, a new "battle over Europe" is likely to take place. This battle is clearly not only about geographic borders, but also—and mostly—about other issues and policies, ranging from energy security to the economy, development, and immigration.

The present volume aims to escape the usual EU-centric debates over enlargement and instead look at the issue of the future frontiers of Europe from a multidisciplinary and multi-faceted perspective. The chapters represent some of the most representative global voices in the academic and policymaking communities. The underlying idea of the book is that relations between the EU and its neighboring countries and debates about possible future enlargements of the EU should not center on "enlargement fatigue." Instead, the collected essays argue that any future enlargements of the EU are going to have greater geopolitical consequences than "domestic" ones. The contributors to this volume take into account the different interests of the United States and Russia, with a special eye on the future of transatlantic relations, as well as the effect on relations with other increasingly important international actors such as China and Latin America.

These ideas were discussed at an international conference that took place in Rome in July 2010, the second event in a series dedicated to the "Frontiers of Europe." The conference was organized by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. It was co-financed by the EU Commission and supported by the...

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• Verlag: Brookings Institution Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 081570545X
• ISBN 13: 9780815705451
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 319
• Herausgeber: Bindi Federiga
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