East Central European Foreign Policy Identity in Perspective : Back to Europe and the EU's Neighbourhood

Tulmets, Elsa

Palgrave Macmillan（2014/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 326 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230291300
• DDC分類 327.437

Full Description

How have countries in the EU that were previously under Communist rule influenced the creation of a European policy towards other Post-Soviet nations? This study explores countries including the Czech Republic and Poland and shows how they have helped develop a coherent policy based reconciling political and historical foreign policy identities.

Contents

1. Introduction: The 'return to Europe' and the Rediscovery of the East PART I: THE 'RETURN TO EUROPE' AND THE DEFINITION OF EAST CENTRAL EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICY ROLES IN THE EASTERN NEIGHBOURHOO 2. The 'return to Europe': Redefining ECE Political Identities After 1989 3. Defining the Historical Self 4. East Central European Solidarity and Responsibility Towards the Post-Communist Neighbourhood PART II: THE 'EUROPEANISATION' OF FOREIGN POLICY BEHAVIOUR OR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SELF?  5. Participation in EU Policies as a Turn in ECE Foreign Policies 6. Foreign Policy Consistency Through the Presidencies of the Visegrád Group and of the EU Council 7. Between Solidarity, Responsibility and Interests: Assistance Policies and Economic Ties 8. Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Interpreting Foreign Policy Identity