European Union right to avoid gamble on risky Ukraine accession

The EU and Nato have both bracketed Ukraine with Georgia in mulling over whether to extend their borders again. The EU did the same with Romania and Bulgaria, treating them almost as a joint application. It would do itself a favour by treating all these countries separately. Ukraine and Georgia are completely different, and so would be the problems of letting them in. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Peter Barnett - Sep 10, 2008 - 3:53 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 10, 2008 - 8:04 AM PDT

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Peter Barnett
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by Peter Barnett - Oct. 1, 2008

It takes a pragmatic view of EU enlargement. Especially with the states of the former USSR.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Decent analysis of how the EU should deal with Ukraine.

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