The Editors: Petr Drulák is director of the Institute of International Relations in Prague (Czech Republic) and associate professor of political science at the Charles University.Mats Braun is a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations in Prague and lectures at the Anglo-American University.

• Content: Petr Drulák: Introduction: How to Explore National Interest and Why – Petr Kratochvíl: National Interest and its Legitimacy: An Attempt at a New Approach – Vít Beneš: The Demand Side of the EU Enlargement: Understanding our Neighbours – Mats Braun: Europeanization of the Czech Environmental Policy – Petr Kratochvíl and Ondřej Horký: Eastern Promises? Czech Ambiguity in the European Neighbourhood – Nik Hynek and Vít Střítecký: The Fortunes of the Czech Discourse on the Missile Defense – Michal Kořan: Czech Foreign Policy in Austrian and Slovak Newspapers – Mats Braun: The Czech Perspective on the Future of the EU: No Consensus in the Offing – Elsa Tulmets: The European Neighbourhood Policy: How Does National Identity Make its Way to Brussels? – Věra Veselá: Human Rights Promotion: Czech Republic and the EU – Mats Braun and Petr Drulák: Conclusions: National Interests in Foreign Policy.