Includes bibliographical references and index.

Supping with the devil without a long spoon : the history of the ACP-EU partnership / Kunibert Raffer -- A chain of internal peripheries along the old Muslim-Christian borders, or, Why is Europe's south poor? / Hans-Heinrich Nolte -- The effects of European integration on economic growth and convergence of its member countries / Patrick Ziltener -- Beyond the Washington consensus : a quantitative reflection on the world economic and world political considerations of Turkish EU-accession / Arno Tausch -- The new round of European enlargement : changing or fostering European identity? / Peter Herrmann -- "Latinamericanization" : the best variant for Russia? : (some implications for concept of a wider Europe) / Victor Krassilchtchikov.