Peter Anderson is senior lecturer in European and International Studies at the University of Central Lancashire. Georg Wiessala is Senior Lecturer in European Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.

• Core themes - the impact of globalisation across Europe, Peter Anderson et al. Section 1 The problems and prospects of Europe's major institutions: the problem and the future of the EU, Philippa Sherrington; enlargement - the EU and eastern Europe, Karen Henderson; the legal dimension of the EU, Georg Wiessala; the external relations of the EU, Georg Wiessala; western and eastern Europe and the problems and future of Nato and the OSCE, Peter Anderson; the UN in east/west Europe and its interactions with European and European-based institutions, David Travers. Section 2 The problems and prospects of the former Soviet Union and a representative selection of EU States: the problems and future of the former Soviet Union, Chris William's; the problems and future of Germany, Joanna McKay; the problems and future of France, Robert Harmsen; the problems and future of Italy, Peter Anderson; the problems and future of Britain, Peter Anderson; the problems and future of Spain, Keith Jenkinson; the problems and future of Denmark, Alastair, Thomas, Frands Pedersen; the problems and future of Portugal, Jack Hampson. Section 3 Problems and prospects within key aspects of Europe's cultural, economic and social dimensions: the problems and possible future developments of the notion of a European identity within the EU, Geoffrey Edwards; the problems and future of the western and eastern European economies, Pete Anderson; th social dimensions of the EU and the former USSR, Jack Hampson, Chris William's. Conclusion: overall picture, Peter Anderson et al.

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