New Book

Neighborhood Challenge

The European Union and Its Neighbors

Bezen Balamir-Coskun & Birgul Demirtas-Coskun (eds.)

Boca Raton, Florida, Universal Publishers, 2009

Contents

 

Introduction                                                                                     

Birgül DEMİRTAŞ-COŞKUN

Part I  Western Balkans

1 The EU in the Western Balkans: Setting the Foundations  of a Cohesive Strategy?

 Vasilis MARGARAS

2 On Cops and Robbers: European Union Policy on the Problem of Organized Crime in Bosnia Herzegovina     

Ana E. JUNCOS

 3 EU’s Kosovo Policy: Multiple Challenges, Challenging Answers?

 Birgül DEMİRTAŞ-COŞKUN

 Part II Middle East

4 Greater Middle East and North Africa Project and EU Policy

İdris BAL

5 The Involvement of the European Union in the Middle East Peace Process 

Umut UZER

6 The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership – On good intentions, shopping lists and à la carte menus

Zuhal YEŞİLYURT-GÜNDÜZ

7 Limited Possibilities: Defining the Interaction between the EU and GCC,

Christian KOCH

8 EU’s Role in Iran’s Quest for Nuclear Policy                                                                    

Mustafa KİBAROĞLU

Part III Russia and the CIS

9 The South Caucasus in the European Periphery

Vít STŘÍTECKÝ

10 EU Policy toward Central Asia                                                  

Yelda DEMİRAĞ

11 Inner-Caspian Neighbourhood Challenge for the EU:  Significance and Characteristics of an Energy Hub

Mert BİLGİN

 12 Opportunities and Challenges for Cooperation in the Black Sea Region: The EU and the BSEC

Emel OKTAY

 13 EU Security Involvement in the Greater Black Sea Area: A Romanian Perspective

Christina ROMILA

 14 European Union’s Neighbourhood Relations with Eastern Europe and Russia: Values, Interests and Future Challenges for EU Foreign Policy

Giselle BOSSE

15 The EU Policies toward the Ukraine                                                                              

Sergiy GLEBOV

16 EU Relations with Uzbekistan since Independence          

Havva KÖK

Part IV Turkey: Bridge to Neighbourhood?

 17 Linking Turkey’s EU Accession Process and the ENP Regional Initiative: Necessary Cross-Border Cooperation with South Caucasus                                                   

Burcu GÜLTEKİN-PUNSMANN

 18 Turkey between the Middle East and the EU: Boundaries, and Bridges

Bezen BALAMİR-COŞKUN

 Conclusions

 The EU’s Neighbourhood Challenge                                                  

Bezen BALAMİR-COŞKUN

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