How has Europe evolved since the end of the Cold War? Has this period really led to the emergence of a new political space? How has the European Union changed with the integration of new members from Central and Eastern Europe? And to what degree has Europe changed in the eyes of Europeans as a consequence of these events? These are some of the important questions addressed in this work, which takes a deep and incisive look at Europe’s transformation over the last two decades. The book follows the proceedings of a conference of the same name, organised in October 2010 by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the Pierre du Bois Foundation for Current History. Comment l’Europe a-t-elle évolué depuis la fin de la guerre froide ? Cette période a-t-elle été véritablement fondatrice d’un espace politique nouveau ? En quoi l’Union européenne s’est-elle transformée suite à l’intégration des pays d’Europe centrale et orientale ? Et dans quelle mesure l’Europe a-t-elle changé aux yeux des Européens à la suite de ces événements ? Telles sont quelques-unes des questions traitées dans cet ouvrage, qui porte un regard riche et diversifié sur les transformations de l’Europe durant les deux dernières décennies. Cet ouvrage collectif fait suite à une conférence homonyme organisée en octobre 2010 à Genève par l’Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement ainsi que par la Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l’histoire du temps présent.

Bruno Arcidiacono has taught History of International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva since 1987. He recently published (Paris, 2011). Katrin Milzow holds a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Her research interests centre on European construction, with a particular focus on discursive approaches. She currently works for the Swiss National Science Foundation. Axel Marion holds a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. His research interests focus on the definition of European borders and the analysis of public opinion in the field of European construction. Pierre-Étienne Bourneuf obtained a BA in International Relations at the University of Trieste, and a MA at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, where he is now doing his PhD. His main fields of interest are international security and the process of legitimising the use of force. His current studies are focused on the development of air-power and the evolution of strategic bombings.

Contents/Contenu : Dirk Leuffen: The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on the Internal Functioning of the European Union. Why So Much Continuity? – Wolfram Kaiser: Political Parties in the European Polity. Eastern Enlargement in Historical Perspective – Antonio Varsori: Italy and German Reunification – Annabelle Littoz-Monnet: The EU Politics of Commemoration Post-Eastern Enlargement – Katrin Milzow: Solidarity and Compromise within the European Union of 27 – Gérard Bossuat : Les voies discrètes de l’influence de l’Union européenne dans le monde – Brigitte Leucht: Actorness and Enlargement in Historical Perspective – Katrin Rücker : Les élargissements des Communautés européennes et les questions commerciales mondiales – Marek Neuman: The Czech Republic’s EU Accession. A Shift-Producing Variable in the EU’s Foreign Policy towards Russia? – Gilles Grin: Common Defence in an Enlarged European Union. Illusion or Reality in the Making? – Leopoldo Nuti: Minerva’s Owl? Europe, the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Yugoslav Crisis, 1991-1999 – Andrew Williams: The Losers of Europe after 1990: What Hope Is There for Countries like Moldova? Reflections from Theory and Practice – Paul Kubicek: The Meaning and Limits of a United Europe. The Problematic Case of Turkey – Ozcan Yilmaz : Le processus d’adhésion de la Turquie à l’Union européenne. Effets sur les institutions, la politique et la société turques – Michel Fülöp : D’une périphérie à l’autre. Des marges de l’empire soviétique aux marges de l’Occident, 1989 à 2011 – Mare van den Eeden: Visions of Europe from a Central European Perspective, 1980s to present – Émilia Robin-Hivert : L’attitude des communistes européens face à l’Europe élargie – Ilaria Poggiolini: Reflections on Enlargement and Euroscepticism in Europe. From «Second Europe» to Post-Cold War Europe – Axel Marion : De la frontière fixe aux limites indéfinies. Les espaces européens en question après la chute du bloc de l’Est. Inhaltsverzeichnis