The implications of Baltic states' EU membership

Introduction -- Geopolitical implications of Baltic EU membership. New neighbours. Russian uncertainties -- Nordic and Baltic angles : the European policy orientation of the Baltic states. Nordic-Baltic relations and Nordic attitudes. What is "nordic" about the Baltics? Policy orientation on EU issues -- The Baltic states' quest for security. The situation in the Baltic Sea region. The objective of NATO membership. Integration into EU structure : not just second best -- Enlargement and the CFSP : Baltic challenges and assets. Challenges for the EU. Challenges for the Baltic states. ESDP and CFSP : the input of the Baltic states -- Schengen and the Baltic States : drawing new dividing lines through Europe? Western fears : migration and organised crime. Trafficking in migrants : the Baltic route. EU policies for new eastern frontiers. The impact of extending EU visa policies and border regimes. In need of a new "neighbourhood" policy -- The Kalingrad problem. Specifities of the Kalingrad-Lithuanian border. The EU and Kalingrad : instruments and policy dilemmas. Russian proposals for a pilot region. In need of imaginative solutions -- Conclusion