Edited by Dawson, Dr A H; Fawn, Rick

• An introduction: the geography and geopolitics of the new Eastern Europe, Andrew Dawson and Rick Fawn; will Europe ever be round and whole? reflections on EU enlargement after the collapse of Communism, George Blazyca; the post-socialist states in the world-economy - transformation trajectories, Michael Bradshaw; the elusive defined? Determining the contemporary contours of central Europe, Rick Fawn; Russia, NATO and the EU in an era of enlargement - vulnerability or opportunity? Martin Smith and Graham Timmins; a Polish bridge? Andrew Dawson; Albania in Europe - condemned to the periphery or beyond? Derek Hall; Romania - contemporary geopolitical perspectives, David Turnock; Russian geopolitics at the fin-de siecle, Vladimir Kolossov and Rostislav Turovsky.