The Making of EU Foreign Policy: The Case of Eastern Europe

This book argues that there has been a common European Union (EU) foreign policy towards six countries of Eastern Europe--Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia. The objective of the EU's policy is to support the transformation on Eastern Europe and thus ensure security and stability. The most important instrument that the EU has used to reach this objective has been the prospect of enlargement. Karen Smith analyzes why the EU has agreed to this policy.