The Implications of Baltic states' EU membership
By: Sven Arnswald & Mathias Jopp.
Contributors: Jopp, Mathias; Ulkopoliittinen Instituutti (Finland); Institut für Europäische Politik.
Series: Programme on the Northern Dimension of the CFSP,; v. 14; Programme on the Northern Dimension of the CFSP (Series) ;; v. 14.
Publisher: Ulkopoliittinen instituutti; Institut für Europäische Politik
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Helsinki, Finland; Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: European Union -- Baltic States.; Baltic States -- Military policy.; National security -- Baltic States.; Geopolitics -- Europe.; Baltic States -- Foreign economic relations.; Baltic States -- Defenses; Baltic Sea -- Strategic aspects.; Baltic States -- Foreign relations -- 1991-; Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations.; Russia (Federation) -- Relations -- Baltic States.; Baltic States -- Relations -- Russia (Federation); Kaliningradskai͡a︡ oblastʹ (Russia) -- Strategic aspects
Other titles: Baltic states' EU membership; Baltic states' European Union membership.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-120).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Geopolitical implications of Baltic EU membership. New neighbours. Russian uncertainties; title: Nordic and Baltic angles : the European policy orientation of the Baltic states. Nordic-Baltic relations and Nordic attitudes. What is "nordic" about the Baltics? Policy orientation on EU issues; title: The Baltic states' quest for security. The situation in the Baltic Sea region. The objective of NATO membership. Integration into EU structure : not just second best; title: Enlargement and the CFSP : Baltic challenges and assets. Challenges for the EU. Challenges for the Baltic states. ESDP and CFSP : the input of the Baltic states; title: Schengen and the Baltic States : drawing new dividing lines through Europe? Western fears : migration and organised crime. Trafficking in migrants : the Baltic route. EU policies for new eastern frontiers. The impact of extending EU visa policies and border regimes. In need of a new "neighbourhood" policy; title: The Kalingrad problem. Specifities of the Kalingrad-Lithuanian border. The EU and Kalingrad : instruments and policy dilemmas. Russian proposals for a pilot region. In need of imaginative solutions; title: Conclusion.