From Soviet republics to EU member states : a legal and political assessment of the Baltic states' accession to the EU /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Elsuwege, Peter Van
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.
Series:	Studies in EU external relations. v. 2.
Subjects:	European Union > Baltic States. European Union countries > Relations > Baltic States. Baltic States > Relations > European Union countries.

Table of Contents:

A struggle for dominance : from the northern crusades to the Russian Empire
The creation of independent Baltic republics
1920-1940 : the years of independence
Incorporation into the Soviet Union
1985-1991 : national reawakening and the restoration of independence
Defining the international legal status of the Baltic States : state continuity or state succession?
The incremental making of the EC's Ostpolitik : towards a policy of differentiation
Integrating the Baltic States in the EC/EU's external policies
Catching up with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe
Consequences for the internal legal order of the Baltic States
The emergence of an EU policy towards the Baltic Sea Region : characteristics and limitations
Explaining the development of EC/EU-Baltic relations : internal and external factors
The legal framework of EU enlargement
The introduction of a "pre-accession strategy"
The dilemmas of differentiation between the candidate countries
The "enhanced pre-accession strategy"
Preparing for enlargement : reconciling widening and deepening
The legal framework of EU accession negotiations
Accession negotiations in practice : the case of the Baltic States
Drafting the treaty of accession
Towards a new approach in EU-Russia relations?
Remaining challenges in Baltic-Russian relations
The role of the Baltic States in the EU's relations with Russia
The adaptation of the Baltic States' legal systems
The role of the Baltic States in the process of European constitutionalisation.