The Caucasus: A Challenge for Europe
- ISBN-10
- 9185473162
- ISBN-13
- 9789185473168
- Series
- The Caucasus
- Category
- Caucasus
- Pages
- 85
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Authors
- S. Frederick Starr, Svante E. Cornell
Description
Over the past decade and a half, Europe has gone from the role of a bystander to the affairs of the Caucasus to that of an interested party with increasingly clearly defined interests in the region. As the Council of Europe, NATO, and finally the EU itself expand eastward, Europe in general and the EU in particular is coming closer to the Caucasus. With the pending EU membership of Romania and Bulgaria, the EU will be a neighbor of the Caucasus through the Black Sea. This southeastern shift in the EU's center of gravity is combining with the increasing importance of the Caucasus in world affairs, and compels the EU to identify its interests in the Caucasus and to develop its strategies for achieving these interests.
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