Ilkka Liikanen is a Professor at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern FinlandJames W. Scott is Research Professor of Regional and Border Studies at the University of Eastern Finland and Associate Professor of Geography at the Free University of BerlinTiina Sotkasiira is a researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland

• Introduction: The End of Wider Europe? Part One. Renegotiating Borders in the Post-Soviet Space 1. Building Regional Stability Through Cross-Border Cooperation 2. Ukraine: History Confronts Geography 3. Borders and Nation-Building in Post-Soviet Space 4. Reconceptualisations of Borders in Post-Soviet Ukraine Part Two: Border Management and Cross-Border Cooperation 5. Eastern Neighbourhood as a Political Divide Chapter 6. Bordering in Post-Soviet Central Asia 7. Of Barriers, Breaches and Bridges Part Three: Migration Policies 8. Where Ideals and Anxieties Meet 9. The New Concept of Migration Policy of the Russian Federation 10. The Republic of Belarus: Flows and Tendencies in Migration Processes 11. What Kind of Choice? Understanding Migration in Tajikistan Part Four: Migration and the Everyday 12. Labour Migration and the Contradictory Logic of Integration in Russia 13. Colonial Imagination on a Postcolonial Periphery 14. Gendered Migration from Moldova and Ukraine to the EU: Who Cares? 15. Contemporary Ukrainian Migration to EU Countries: Trends and Challenges Conclusion: The European Union, Partnerships and Neighbourhoods

Ilkka Liikanen is a Professor at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern FinlandJames W. Scott is Research Professor of Regional and Border Studies at the University of Eastern Finland and Associate Professor of Geography at the Free University of BerlinTiina Sotkasiira is a researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland

• Introduction: The End of Wider Europe? Part One. Renegotiating Borders in the Post-Soviet Space 1. Building Regional Stability Through Cross-Border Cooperation 2. Ukraine: History Confronts Geography 3. Borders and Nation-Building in Post-Soviet Space 4. Reconceptualisations of Borders in Post-Soviet Ukraine Part Two: Border Management and Cross-Border Cooperation 5. Eastern Neighbourhood as a Political Divide Chapter 6. Bordering in Post-Soviet Central Asia 7. Of Barriers, Breaches and Bridges Part Three: Migration Policies 8. Where Ideals and Anxieties Meet 9. The New Concept of Migration Policy of the Russian Federation 10. The Republic of Belarus: Flows and Tendencies in Migration Processes 11. What Kind of Choice? Understanding Migration in Tajikistan Part Four: Migration and the Everyday 12. Labour Migration and the Contradictory Logic of Integration in Russia 13. Colonial Imagination on a Postcolonial Periphery 14. Gendered Migration from Moldova and Ukraine to the EU: Who Cares? 15. Contemporary Ukrainian Migration to EU Countries: Trends and Challenges Conclusion: The European Union, Partnerships and Neighbourhoods

Ilkka Liikanen is a Professor at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern FinlandJames W. Scott is Research Professor of Regional and Border Studies at the University of Eastern Finland and Associate Professor of Geography at the Free University of BerlinTiina Sotkasiira is a researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland

• Introduction: The End of Wider Europe? Part One. Renegotiating Borders in the Post-Soviet Space 1. Building Regional Stability Through Cross-Border Cooperation 2. Ukraine: History Confronts Geography 3. Borders and Nation-Building in Post-Soviet Space 4. Reconceptualisations of Borders in Post-Soviet Ukraine Part Two: Border Management and Cross-Border Cooperation 5. Eastern Neighbourhood as a Political Divide Chapter 6. Bordering in Post-Soviet Central Asia 7. Of Barriers, Breaches and Bridges Part Three: Migration Policies 8. Where Ideals and Anxieties Meet 9. The New Concept of Migration Policy of the Russian Federation 10. The Republic of Belarus: Flows and Tendencies in Migration Processes 11. What Kind of Choice? Understanding Migration in Tajikistan Part Four: Migration and the Everyday 12. Labour Migration and the Contradictory Logic of Integration in Russia 13. Colonial Imagination on a Postcolonial Periphery 14. Gendered Migration from Moldova and Ukraine to the EU: Who Cares? 15. Contemporary Ukrainian Migration to EU Countries: Trends and Challenges Conclusion: The European Union, Partnerships and Neighbourhoods