| Abstract: From 1989 through 1991, while the Soviet bloc was falling apart but before the
Soviet Union officially disintegrated, the EU had three choices for extending
European construction eastwards. These were: (1) widening itself by admitting
more members from the “Central and Eastern Europe countries” (CEEC),
(2) exporting itself eastward as a “model,” and (3) developing
itself as a security agent consciously promoting integration as a specific security
tool. It chose the last of these via Association Agreements (AAs) that turned into
the “Europa” Agreements, a variety of AA explicitly not modeled on early
AAs such as those with Greece and Turkey. This article explores what policy
instruments are available to the EU to promote cooperative security involving the
“orphans” (Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova), now that it has signed
agreements with the governments of the Soviet successor states and begun to extend
technical assistance and other aid to them. It begins with a survey of the situation
of the three “orphans” of European security. For each of them, a period
of emergence out from under the Soviet rubble (1990–1992) was followed by the
beginning of a Western response (1993–1995). The next part of the article
situates the orphans together in their relations with the two principal integration
organizations of Central and Eastern Europe, viz., the CEFTA and the Central
European Initiative (CEI, formerly Hexagonale, formerly Pentagonale). The
contemporary position of the orphans is then evaluated. Four general policies are
recommended to ameliorate their situation. These are: deepening transborder
cooperation, anchoring Russia in Europe, promoting democratization, and enlarged
Central-European multilateralism. Particular suggestions are made to illustrate how
to put these policies into effect. A conclusion looks to the future.
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Contents:
- Introduction
- The Orphans of European
Security in the 1990s
- Policies to House the Orphans
in Europe
- Multilateral Central-European
Instruments for Housing the Orphans in Europe
- Conclusion
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| Suggested citation for this webpage: Robert M. Cutler, “Housing the Orphans of European Security: How to Bring Belarus,
Ukraine, and Moldova in from the Cold,” Euro-Atlantic Forum 1, no. 2 (Spring
1998); available at ⟩http://www.robertcutler.org/ar98eaf.htm⟩, accessed
23 April 2024
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