Currently, the prospects for Turkey's EU membership do not look very bright. With key chapters for negotiation already suspended, the government is likely to resume a loose Europeanization agenda. The counterpart of this in the foreign-policy realm is an approach based on 'soft Euro-asianism'....

Introduction : the fall of the Berlin Wall -- Policy formation in the EU : theory and concepts -- Window of opportunity : the policy window of 1989 -- EC development policy : establishment and expansion (1960-1989) -- EC relations with the East -- Agenda-setting by EU NGOs after 1989 -- EU...