Remaking Europe in the Margins

Originally published in 2005. This comprehensive volume examines the issue of Europe-making related to the post EU/NATO enlargement and the post 9/11 situation. Dual enlargement and the War on Terrorism are raising important questions for various actors in Europe, in particular what these developments will mean for the future of regional cooperation and the development of a regional subjectivity. Such concerns have been further compounded by America's distinction between 'New Europe' and 'Old Europe'. The volume analyzes at both policy and conceptual levels how the dual enlargement and the War on Terrorism will impact on regional cooperation in northern Europe. It examines how events in northern Europe have helped shape the nature of European space, borders and governance, including how the EU, the US and Russia have each highlighted northern Europe as a special case to be utilized and learnt from in dealing with problems elsewhere in Europe and globally. Presenting original articles, the volume will appeal to scholars of regional politics as well as security, international relations theory and geopolitics.

Contents: Introduction: Remaking Europe in the margins, Christopher S. Browning. Regional Perspectives: Regional security, the War on Terrorism and the dual enlargements, Clive Archer; Rafting Nilas: subjectivity, memory and the discursive patterns of the North, Frank Möller. The North And The Construction Of Europe: Lessons from the North for the EU's 'Near Abroad', Marius Vahl; Constitutionalising the European Union, constructing EU borders, Thomas Christiansen; Westphalian, imperial, neomedieval: the geopolitics of Europe and the role of the North, Christopher S. Browning. Russian Perspectives: Russia and the challenges of regional cooperation in Northern Europe, Alexander Sergounin; EU-Russian regional cooperation: logics of regionalisation and the challenge of the exception, Sergei Prozorov. Future Motors Of Regional Cooperation: Accounting for the role of cities in regional cooperation: the case of Europe's North, Pertti Joenniemi; The paradiplomacy of St. Petersburg, Stanislav Tkachenko; Transnational forces, states and international institutions: three perspectives on change in Baltic sea affairs, Carl-Einar Stålvant. Conclusion: Conclusion: Europe-making and the North after enlargement, Christopher S. Browning and Pertti Joenniemi; Index.