Strategic Elites and EU Enlargement: Reactions by, and the Prospects for, East European States currently left out"

Organiser: The International Network for the Study of Strategic Elites and European Enlargement, sponsored by the British Academy and Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Topics

The emphasis of this workshop is on the major differences between groups of European states left out (e.g. Russian Federation, Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia) with regard to integration into, or exclusion from, the European Union; and divisions between these states with respect to the Atlantic Alliance as perceived by political and economic elites. How the excluded countries are viewed by EU elites and vice versa. Why some countries have been successful in the EU and the Atlantic integration while others have not. What are advantages and disadvantages of associate type membership with the EU. What are scenarios for maintaining and extending the political influence and economic well being of countries left out. Whether there are prospective alternative linkages to the East ('Eastward looking' model) and on the global level (e.g. moving towards the 'Atlanticist' or the 'Asian-Black sea' alliance policies).

Language: English

Fee: Those who present papers will be provided accommodation (two nights), lunches and refreshments during the breaks, and the conference dinner on Friday. For non-resenting participants - 40 EUR

Contact:

Prof. Olga Kutsenko

Kharkiv Academic Laboratory

Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine/Kharkiv National University

Department of Political Sociology

Kharkiv/Ukraine

pl.Svobodi 6, Kharkiv 61077, Ukraine

Tel.: +38 (057) 7075437

Fax: +38 (057) 7075273

E-mail: f_ok..a..iatp.org.ua