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ESF W ORKING P APER N O . 21 F EBRUARY 2006 W ITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY J EFFREY G EDMIN C HARLES G RANT T IMOFEI V. B ORDACHEV
E UROPEAN S ECURITY F ORUM A JOINT INITIATIVE OF CEPS AND THE IISS S TRATEGIC I MPLICATIONS OF THE EU C RISIS
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Strategic Implications of the EU Crisis Working Paper No. 21 of the European Security Forum
Contents
Chairmans summing-up F RANÇOIS H EISBOURG ............................................................................................................................... 1 American and European Malaise? A European Perspective J EFFREY G EDMIN ...................................................................................................................................... 4 The Strategic Implications of the EU Malaise: Enlargement, Variable Geometry and a Stronger Neighbourhood Policy An American Perspective C HARLES G RANT ........................................................................................................................................ 7 The Strategic Implications of the EUs Crisis: AnOdd-Insiders Perspective A Russian Perspective T IMOFEI V. B ORDACHEV .......................................................................................................................... 14