The Boundaries of EU Enlargement Finding a Place for Neighbours

The 2004 and 2007 enlargements pushed the EU's external border further east as well as closer to unstable areas in the western Balkans. With future enlargements unlikely in the short-term, the EU faces new challenges in securing stable relationships with these neighbouring countries, while not fostering false hopes of early accession. This book explores the challenges facing the EU in developing its relations with neighboring countries in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe following the enlargements of 2004 and 2007.

JOAN DEBARDELEBEN is Director of the Centre for European Studies and a Professor in the Institute of Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University, Canada. Recent publications include Soft or Hard Borders: Managing the Divide in an Enlarged Europe, editor (2005); and The Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance; Legitimacy Representation and Accountability in the European Union, co-editor with Achim Hurrelmann (2007).