The Making of EU Foreign Policy : the Case of Eastern Europe, 1988-95

Vlll ix Xl 1 Conceptualizing EU Foreign Policymaking 1.1 Some Definitions 1.2 The Community and EPC/CFSP 1.3 Different Theories, Different Answers 1.4 Outline of the Book 21 2 The Community's Relations with Eastern Europe Thro\_lm n 2.1 EC Relations with the CMEA and its Member States 2.1.1 Towards a Common Commercial Policy 2.1 The Making of EU Foreign Policy argues that there has been a common European Union (EU) foreign policy towards six countries of Eastern Europe - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia - and analyzes why the EU has agreed to the policy. The objective of the EU's policy is to support the transformation of Eastern Europe and thus ensure security and stability. The most important instrument that the EU has used to reach this objective has been the prospect of enlargement. This book argues that there has been a common European Union (EU) foreign policy towards six countries of Eastern Europe - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia - and analyses why the EU has agreed to the policy. The objective of the EU's policy is to support the transformation of Eastern Europe and thus ensure security and stability. The most important instrument that the EU has used to reach this objective has been the prospect of enlargement. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Conceptualizing EU Foreign Policymaking....Pages 1-21 The Community’s Relations with Eastern Europe Through 1988....Pages 22-42 Developing a Common Foreign Policy Towards Eastern Europe, 1988–9....Pages 43-65 Aid....Pages 66-82 Association....Pages 83-102 Integration....Pages 103-134 Conflict Prevention....Pages 135-161 Explaining the Making of a Foreign Policy Towards Eastern Europe....Pages 162-183 Back Matter....Pages 185-264