Europe Old and New: Neighbors, Friends and Allies
Europe Old and New: Neighbors, Friends and Allies

Summary/Abstract: The study analyzes particular foreign and security policy priorities of the so-called new allies: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia in the period between the two waves of NATO enlargement (1999 – 2004). Following their entry into either NATO or the EU, foreign and security inclinations of these states will have a significant impact on the future of relationship between the U.S. and Europe, including the speed of progress in building the ESDP and the CFSP. The purpose of the study is thus, to answer the following questions: How deep are the roots of regional cooperation of these countries? What do these countries have in common and what divides them? What factors influence their attitudes in transatlantic affairs?

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