From Soviet republics to EU member states
Subtitle: a legal and political assessment of the Baltic states' accession to the EU
By: by Peter Van Elsuwege.
Series: Studies in EU external relations -- v. 2
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers; Brill - Nijhoff; Brill Nijhoff
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 586
ISBN-13: 9789004169456
Subjects: European Union -- Baltic States; European Union countries -- Relations -- Baltic States; Baltic States -- Relations -- European Union countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A struggle for dominance : from the northern crusades to the Russian Empire; title: The creation of independent Baltic Republics; title: 1920-1940 : the years of independence; title: Incorporation into the Soviet Union; title: 1985-1991 : national reawakening and the restoration of independence; title: Defining the international legal status of the Baltic States : state continuity or state succession?; title: The incremental making of the EC's Ostpolitik : towards a policy of differentiation; title: Integrating the Baltic States in the EC/EU's external policies; title: Catching up with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe; title: Consequences for the internal legal order of the Baltic States; title: The emergence of an EU policy towards the Baltic Sea Region : characteristics and limitations; title: Explaining the development of EC/EU-Baltic relations : internal and external factors; title: The legal framework of EU enlargement.