Security Dilemmas in Post-Cold War Europe: the Shaping Power of Trans-Atlantic Relations and the Baltic Crisis of 1994 in Triggering EU Frontier Shift
Security Dilemmas in Post-Cold War Europe: the Shaping Power of Trans-Atlantic Relations and the Baltic Crisis of 1994 in Triggering EU Frontier Shift

Summary/Abstract: The open opportunities for change and cohesion in post-Cold War Europe by means of enlargement policy were tempered by the changing interests of the United States – the sole remaining superpower– and Russia – a key player in Central and Eastern Europe–, both holding an immense pressure on the security frontiers of the new Europe. This paper aims to elucidate the interconnections and mutual influences of all actors in the process, highlighting the factors that led to the progressive stabilisation and consolidation of the Eastward enlargement process.

• Details
• Contents