The New EUrope:Politics, Economics, and Foreign Relations

The New EUrope:Politics, Economics, and Foreign Relations

Edited by Yannis A. Stivachtis

ISBN: 978-960-6672-32-3, 388 pages

First published in 2010 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

List of Contributors
About Atiner
About the Editor
Acknowledgments
From the ‘Old’ to ‘New’ EUrope: An Introduction Yannis A. Stivachtis		1
Part I: European Union’s Foreign Relations
1.	The Past and Present in European Universalism: Implications for the Foreign Relations of the European Union Yannis A. Stivachtis	17
2.	European Security: The Limits of Strategic Culture Andrew Liaropoulos	43
3.	Value-Oriented Foreign Policy: Potentials and Risks of European Democracy Promotion Marc Frings	53
4.	Diffusion, Rule of Law, and Democratization: The Impact of European Law on Legal Reforms in Russia Gordon B. Smith	65
5.	Human Rights and Inter-Cultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean Gianluca Sadun Bordoni	79
6.	Internationalization of Higher Education: Case of Establishing the Euro-Mediterranean University Aleksandra Kovač & Nada Trunk-Širca	85
7.	Bilateral or Multilateral Trade Dispute Resolution? Evidence from the European Union’s Use of the Trade Barriers Regulation (TBR) and the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedure Ka Zeng	99
Part II: Transatlantic Relations
8.	EU, NATO and Regional Security in Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean Region Adriana Seagle	115
9.	The Future of Transatlantic Economic Relations: The Potential Impact of EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement on Transatlantic Trade Relations Selen Sarisoy Guerin	143
10.	Europe-USA Relations: The Phenomenon of Economic Espionage among Allies Ioannis L. Konstantopoulos	161

Part III: Immigration and Security in Europe

11.

Maghrebian Immigration as a Key Factor in Formulating EU ‘Security’ Policy

Marlene Denice Elwell

187

12.	Immigration in Europe: The Balkan Dimension Akis Kalaitzidis	199
13.	Italy: In Search of a Balanced Immigration Policy David Felsen	209
14.	Skilled and High-skilled Migrations South-North/East-West: The Most Recent European Union Initiative (“Blue Card”) Oscar Garavello	225
Part IV: EU Policies and Issues
15.	Entering European Monetary Union: Changing the Absorption Efficiency of Economic Shocks for New Member States Alfred Sitz	239
16.	How to Reform the EU-Budget? How to Limit and Hence to Trust the EU-Leviathan? Auke R. Leen	253
17.	Runaway Bureaucracy? The European Commission and Horizontal Aid Policy Nikolaos Zahariadis	265
18.	In Search of an Internal European Energy Market Nikolaos E. Farantouris	279
19.	Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: European Union’s Language Policy Yannis A. Stivachtis	289
20.	The 2004 Euroelectoral Contest Democratically Tested Dionysia Tamvaki	317
Part V: Turkey and the European Union
21.	Turkey’s Future Role as a Transit Country for Central and Caspian Natural Gas Transfer to the EU: The Nabucco Project Ozgur Tonus	333
22.	The Role of Turkey in Euro-Mediterranean Security: Challenges and Opportunities Suhnaz Yilmaz	349
23.	European Union Reforms and Civil Society in Turkey Hasan Turunc	361

List of Contributors

About Atiner

About the Editor

Acknowledgments