Regional and International Relations of Central Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction to ‘Central Europe’....Pages 1-17
Central Europe and IR Thinking: Traditions and Disciplines....Pages 18-39
The Quest for Central Europe: Symbolic Geographies and Historical Regions....Pages 40-61
Is Central Europe a Region? A View from Outside the Neighbourhood....Pages 62-82
Austria and Central Europe....Pages 83-103
Germany and Central Europe 2011: A Differentiated Dynamic Instead of Mitteleuropa....Pages 104-124
Russia at the Borders of Central Europe: Changing Dynamics in Foreign Policy Relations....Pages 125-144
The United States and Central Europe: Principles and Pragmatism in the Evolving Partnership....Pages 145-161
Security and Securitization in Central Europe....Pages 162-180
Ethnic Diversity Management in Central Europe....Pages 181-200
The Visegrad Group on the Threshold of Its Third Decade: A Central European Hub?....Pages 201-218
Europeanization of Foreign Policy: Whither Central Europe?....Pages 219-238
Political Economy of Central Europe....Pages 239-260
Central Europe and the Balkans: So Close and Yet So Far....Pages 261-285
Central Europe Facing ‘Eastern Europe’: Symphony or Cacophony?....Pages 286-309
Conclusions: Institutions, Geography, and Uncertainty....Pages 310-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-322