"The boundaries in the enlargement of Europe" Cultural, geo-political, institutional/legal boundaries that are shifting in the enlargement process of European Union

With the end of the Cold War, the former subjects of the Soviet Union re-entered to political, cultural and economic arena starting a new phase in European continent and in European Union by the enlargement process. However the extending of European Union eastwards gave rise to the debates over the boundaries of Europe and the uncertainty about the final limits are becoming a problematic field that effects the future of the Union. BOUNDARY FORMATION According …

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