Central and Eastern Europe in the EU

1. Introduction: The EU under crisis conditions: Central and Eastern European perspectives, Christian Schweiger & Anna Visvizi, Part I - Central and Eastern Europe in the EU's Changing Internal and External Dimension, 2. Positioning the CEE region in the EU's core-periphery divide, Christian Schweiger, 3. A Rift in European Integration? Neglected Shadows of the Central and Eastern European Transformation, Beata Farkas & Andras Mate-Toth, 4. Perpetual crises, the return of geopolitics and the emergence of a new normalcy in Central Europe, Anna Visvizi, 5. Central European Relations in Turbulent Times, Beata Farkas, Part II - National Perspectives: Between Good citizenship and Backsliding, 6. European Union at the Crossroads: Which Route will Poland Take?, Maciej Duszczyk, 7. Hungary in the Visegrad Group: Introducing a Three-Level Game Approach, Krisztina Arato & Boglarka Koller, 8. Slovakia: A Farewell to a Passive Policy-Taker Role?, Zsolt Gal & Darina Malova, 9. The Politics of Internal and External Migration in the Enlarged EU: Bulgaria and Romania, from Policy-takers to Policy-makers?, Nicole Lindstrom & Mihnea Catuti, 10. The Baltic States in the EU: Committed Europhiles or Geopolitical Hostages?, Liutauras Gudzinskas & Tomas Bekisas, 11. The New Kid on the Block: Croatia's EU Membership in the Shadow of the Eurozone Crisis, Will Bartlett, Part III - The Visegrad Cooperation - Challenges for a Semi-Institutionalised Regional Group, 12. Internal and External Aspects of the Visegrad 4 Cooperation , Tomas Strazay, 13. The Dual Crisis and `Regionalization' in the Visegrad States: The Identity Politics of East-Central Europe in the New World Order, Attila Agh, 14. Cooperation or Integration? The New Defence Initiatives in the Visegrad group, Anna Molnar & Zoltan Szenes, 15. Conclusion: Perspectives and New Directions for Central and Eastern Europe in the EU, Christian Schweiger & Anna Visvizi