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A discussion of the nature & impact of the so-called European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), established by the Brussels European Council in Dec 2003, maintains that it is the European Union's (EU's) first attempt to develop a "framework for engaging in dialogue & cooperation with a set of widely different neighboring third countries." The focus is on the new policy's implications for both the EU & its Mediterranean partners. The ENP not only assumes a far greater degree of integration than that acknowledged in existing policies, but also offers a way to prevent further enlargements, & to manage the new external borders. Difficulties associated with the Middle East peace process & disappointing results of the Barcelona Process bilateral & regional cooperation initiatives are explored. There is hope that the ENP will infuse the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership with a new dynamic; however, it remains to be seen whether the EU will be able to establish a "ring of friends" in the Mediterranean, or whether the EU's emphasis on political reform will impede that effort. J. Lindroth

This book examines the degree to which the European Union has responded as a coherent and strategic actor towards the developmental and security needs of its immediate neighbourhood in the post-Cold War era.

Introduction : setting the framework / Roland Dannreuther -- The EU and its chnaging neighborhood : stabilization, integration, and partnership / Antonio Missiroli -- Strategy with fast moving targets : East Central Europe / P.I. Dunay -- The EU and Turkey : between geopolitics and social engineering / Gilles Dorronsoro -- South East Europe : the expanding EU role / Ettore Greco -- Policies towards Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus / Andrei Zagorski -- The northern dimension : a presence and four liabilities? / Hiski Haukkala -- Caucasus and Central Asia : towards a non-strategy / S. Neil MacFarlane -- North Africa : partnerships, exceptionalism, and neglect / Fred Tanner -- The Middle East : towards a substantive European role in the peace process? / Roland Dannreuther -- EU energy security and the periphery / John Gault -- The transatlantic dimension / William C. Wohlforth -- Conclusion : towards a neighborhood strategy / Roland Dannreuther