Europe's Continuing Enlargement: Implications for the Transatlantic Partnership

October 22/23, 2001, Washington, DC

By the end of 2002 NATO and the European Union will make decisions regarding their continuing enlargement, with far-reaching consequences not only for the shape of Europe, but also for the nature of the transatlantic partnership. If done well, the enlargement of both organizations promises to extend even further the already large common space of democratic stability on the European continent. If done erroneously, however, the potential for mistrust and division is high, with negative consequences for democracy and stability throughout Europe and greater likelihood of contentious relations across the Atlantic.

24.10.2001 · Improving Responsiveness

Ceremony on March 16, 1999 to mark the Accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to the North Atlantic Treaty.
Photo: NATO

The CAP organized a conference on Europe's continuing enlargement and its implications for transatlantic relations in Washington, DC, on October 22/23, 2001. This page offers you access to some of the many interesting documents that were presented and produced at that conference.

As an additional service, and as a starting point for your further research, we have compiled an extensive list of other projects, publications and links on EU and NATO enlargement and related topics.

1. The Conference on "Europe's Continuing Enlargement"
2. Publications
3. CAP Roundtables and Projects on Related Topics
4. Links

1. Europe's Continuing Enlargement

The conference entitled "Europe's Continuing Enlargement: Implications for the Transatlantic Partnership" was held on October 22nd and 23rd, 2001 in Washington, DC. Organized by the CAP in cooperation with the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS / Johns Hopkins University and the Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava , the conference discussed the tactics, timing and strategy of the next rounds of NATO and EU enlargement. Special attention was given to the implications for transatlantic relations in the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11th.

Dan Hamilton (SAIS), Roderick Abbott (European Commission), E. Anthony Wayne (US State Department), Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger (FAZ), Daniel Daianu (Rumania), Josef Janning (CAP).
Photo: CAP

The conference aimed at providing an environment for "Track Two" informal discussion among European and American officials, scholarly experts, and opinion leaders.

• Conference Summary

• Agenda

• List of Participants

• Roderick Abbott, Deputy Director General for Trade, European Commission: EU Enlargement and transatlantic economic relations

• John K. Glenn, Council for European Studies: European Enlargement and the Transformation of the Nation-State

• John Avery, Chief Adviser in the European Commission's Directorate General for Enlargement: Reunifying Europa

• Heather Grabbe, Research Director, Centre for European Reform:
  What 11 September means for enlargement

• E. Anthony Wayne, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs: EU Enlargement and Transatlantic Economic Relations

• Dr. Günter Burghardt, Head of the European Commission Delegation to the United States: New Challenges for the Transatlantic Partnership(Speech held at the University of Pittsburgh, 29 October, 2001)

• Wolfgang Bücherl: Für eine größere Zone der Stabilität in Europa, November, 2001

• Joachim Weidemann: Eastern Enlargement and its Effects on Security - Why Further Enlargement of Nato is Crucial to Combating Terrorism and Organized Crime, Prague, Spring 2002
  

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2. Publications

The following is a list of CAP publications which provide useful background information on the objectives, strategies, implications and problems concerning EU and NATO enlargement.

The organizers: Grigori Meseznikov (IVO), Olga Gyarfasova (IVO), Wolfgang Bücherl (CAP), Daniel Hamilton (Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS)
Photo: CAP

• Werner Weidenfeld (Hrsg.): Nizza in der Analyse. Strategien für Europa. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh 2001

• Werner Weidenfeld (ed.): Beyond EU-Enlargement. Bertelsmann Foundation Publishers, Gütersloh 2001

• Beyond EU Enlargement, Volume 1: Iris Kempe (ed.), The Agenda of Direct Neighbourhood for Eastern
  Europe, Gütersloh 2001

• Beyond EU Enlargement, Volume 2: Wim van Meurs (ed.), The Agenda of Stabilisation for Southeastern Europe, Gütersloh 2001
  

• Iris Kempe, Wim van Meurs, Barbara von Ow (Hrsg.): Die EU-Beitrittsstaaten und ihre östlichen Nachbarn - The EU Accession States and Their Eastern Neighbours. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh 1999

• Bertelsmann Stiftung; Forschungsgruppe Europa (Hrsg.): Kosten, Nutzen und Chancen der Osterweiterung für die Europäische Union. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh 1998

• Europanorama: The fifth edition of our newsletter on European topics provides a multitude of articles and links concerning EU enlargement. Compiled by the CAP in cooperation with politik-digital.de in April 2000; only available in German.

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3. CAP Roundtables and Projects on Related Topics

Conference papers and other documentation from roundtables held within the framework of the Project "Improving Responsiveness to International Change":

• Ukraine in Transition and Western Strategy. April 23-24, 1998; Washington, D.C. USA

• Cyprus - Turkey - Greece: How to Manage a Conflictual Triangle, September 6, 1999, Halki Island

• Early Lessons from the Post-Cold War Era: Western Influences on Central and Eastern European Transitions, Bratislava, October 12/13, 2000

Other CAP Projects related to Eastern Europe:

• Eastern Enlargement of the EU

• Direct Neighborhood

• European Neighborhood

• Systems in Transition

• Southeast Europe

• Transatlantic Learning Community

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4. Links

• European Commission, DG Enlargement

• Enlargement Strategy Paper 2001

• Enlargement Weekly: newsletter issued by the European Commission

• European Commission, DG External Relations: The EU and the U.S.

• European Parliament: Enlargement

• Applicant Countries' Governments, Parliaments, Academic World and Press Agencies (Links compiled by the European Parliament)

• Treaty of Nice: Text, Ratification status etc.

• NATO: Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council