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Palgrave MacMillan East Central European Foreign Policy Identity in Perspective Back to Europe and the EUs Neighbourhood 2014 Edition by E. Tulmets
How have countries in the EU that were previously under Communist rule influenced the creation of a European policy towards other Post-Soviet nations? This study explores countries including the Czech Republic and Poland and shows how they have helped develop a coherent policy based reconciling political and historical foreign policy identities. Table of contents :- 1. Introduction: The 'return to Europe' and the Rediscovery of the East PART I: THE 'RETURN TO EUROPE' AND THE DEFINITION OF EAST CENTRAL EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICY ROLES IN THE EASTERN NEIGHBOURHOO 2. The 'return to Europe': Redefining ECE Political Identities After 1989 3. Defining the Historical Self 4. East Central European Solidarity and Responsibility Towards the Post-Communist Neighbourhood PART II: THE 'EUROPEANISATION' OF FOREIGN POLICY BEHAVIOUR OR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SELF? 5. Participation in EU Policies as a Turn in ECE Foreign Policies 6. Foreign Policy Consistency Through the Presidencies of the Visegrad Group and of the EU Council 7. Between Solidarity, Responsibility and Interests: Assistance Policies and Economic Ties 8. Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Interpreting Foreign Policy Identity