European Union and its Neighbours

'This book will be of great use to both academics and practitioners; it gives a complete overview and appraisal of the relationships that the EU has established with its neighbours. It is unparalleled on the market due to both the breadth and the depth of the material covered, and will without doubt serve as a fundamental reference for future work in this area. The book is comprehensively edited by two experts with many years of experience in the area ... The volume is an enjoyable and very informative read with a clearly structured format that takes the reader logically through this complex topic.' Common Market Law Review 'The comprehensive scope of this collection of essays is one of its strengths: rather than being confined to the EU's partners in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy, it covers all its neighbours. Another strength is its content: it is a host of information usefully brought together and succinctly presented. The book presents succinctly the multi-dimensional nature of the EU's approach to its neighbours and sets out the different challenges which the Union must meet in order to develop an effective and coherent approach. All in all, this is a useful book for any lawyer interested in the EU's external relations.' European Public Law '... a very useful handbook which has already become an authoritative source for this complex area of law for scholars, postgraduate students as well as officials in the European Union and its neighbouring countries.' European Law Review

• I General Aspects.- The Europeanunion and its Neighbours: Questioning Identity and Relationships.- The Eu’ S External Relations Regime: Multilevel Complexity in an Expanding Union.- Eu Enlargement: Membership Conditions Applied to Future and Potential Member States.- II: Country and Regional Analysis.- Eea Countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway).- Switzerland.- Micro-States (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino And The Vatican City).- Bulgaria.- Romania.- Turkey (Including Northern Cyprus).- Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro, Including Kosovo).- Croatia.- The Mediterraneancountries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon).- Israel and the Palestinian Authority.- Russian Federation (Including Kaliningrad).- Ukraine.- Belarus.- Moldova.- The Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).- Conclusions: Squaring the Ring of Friends.