Transitions No.4, April 1998

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Transitions No.4, April 1998


Most of materials in the next issue of Transitions (Vol.5 No.4, April
1998) are devoted to the problem of the EU enlargement. The content:  

- Editor's note, by Anthony Borden

- Kosovo in Crisis: Beyond Drenica, by Shkelzen Maliqi

- Empty rodas and night shooting, by Gordana Igric and Gjeragina
Tuhina

- Letters

- Notes from along the way: Georgian 'conspiracies'; Danube dispute,
continued; Stuck on Brcko; Slovak power club and more 

- In their own words: Chechnya: In broad daylight; Czech Republic:
Affirmative action, American style?; Russia: Tough talk

- Enlarging Europe: risks and responsibilities, by Jacques Rupnik

- The European Union opens the door, by Rory Watson

- Leraning about the bottom line, by David Rocks ("Candidate countries
bone up on the nuts bolts of financial issues, and brace themselves
for Western competition")

- On the borderline, by Antonio Cruz ("Applicant states are
ill-prepared to serve as the EU's new frontier")

- Rural reckoning, by Andrzej Rudka ("The vexing issue of agriculture
reform centers in Poland")

- Hollywood's Hungarina offensive, by Miklos Sukosd and Gabriella Cseh
("Budapest is caught in a squeeze play between European and American
media interests...")

- The race is on, by Kestutis Girnius ("Accession could calm the rough
waters of Baltic minority policies...")  

- Prague's reality check, by Adam Creny ("After years of neglect,
Czechs have begun to get serious about joining the European Union...")

- Being left behind, by Stefab Hrib ("Slovakia is shunned as it
stumbles over its politics")

- A piece of the partnership, by Dmitrii Danilov ("Russia is counting
on the European Union to be good for business, and for security")

- The division bell, by Aliza Marcus ("The prospect of membership has
brought new complications for Cyprus, and the entire accession
process")

- The price of Balkan bluster, by Vladimir Gligorov ("How politics and
economics pushed former Yugoslavia our of the first wave")

- Identity crisis, by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi ("Romania's reaction to
being sidelined from Europe calls into question what it means to be
'European'")

- A Western perspective, by Anne Dastakian ("Trade unions fear the
export of jobs, and the import of cheap labor")

- Cartoons

- Culture: The Communist hit parade, by Miklos Vamos ("Best-selling CD
takes Hungarians on a musical history tour")

- Media profile: High-stakes gamble, by Jeremy Druker ("The demise of
Croatia's only serious newsmagazine might mean bigger ramifications
for media, and media assistance, in the region")

- Media Watch: Ukraine: A step backward; Yugoslavia: Counting the dead

- Books: Carl's coming of age, by Jens Stilhoff Sorensen ("Bildt's
Bosnian memoir, published as he gears up for Sweden's race for prime
minister, may help - or  hinder - his political career")

- Reportage: Capital confusion, by Murat Buldekbaev ("Kazakstan tilts
north, the government tries to follow")

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