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DominikHéjj
“MakeHungaryGreatAgain:”
DoHungariansNeedtheThreeSeasInitiative?..................94
WhatisHungary’sattitudetorelationswithPolandandtotheThree
SeasInitiative?IfoneacceptsOrbán’svisionpresentedduringhis2009
Warsawvisit,theTSIwouldseemaperfectfit;hereare13states,seekingto
developcloseregionalcooperationalongthenorth-southaxisinthefields
ofinfrastructureandenergy,andtoclosethegapbetween“Eastern”and
“Western”EuropeandstrengthentheCEE’scompetitiveness.Theleadersof
thesestateshaverepeatedlyemphasisedthatthisprojectisnotaboutbuilding
analternativetotheWest.
MateuszGniazdowski
CommentsontheStructureoftheThreeSeasInitiative
andtheWarsawSummit...................................105
TheTSIstatesarenotacohesivebloc,notevenontheNS2issue,andit
seemsthattheWarsawsummitsucceededinunderminingthescepticism
aboutthepoliticalaspectsoftheInitiative.TheaimsoftheTSIwerethrown
intoreliefandincorporatedintothecommonconcernforthecohesionand
strengtheningoftheEU.Atthesametime,multi-dimensionalcooperation
withintheVisegradGroupwillnotcometoharmthroughtheTSI,andit
isevenpossibletospeakofthecomplementarityofformats.ForPoland,
theVisegradGroupwillremaintheprincipalformatofmulti-lateral
intergovernmentalregionalcooperationintheEU.
AdamEberhardt
TheSemblanceofPartnership:OntheEasternPolicy
oftheEuropeanUnion.....................................109
AnydiscussionoftheprospectsfortheEuropeanUnion’seasternpolicy
shouldbeginwithanappraisaloftheeffectivenessofhowthispolicyhas
beenpractisedtodateandofthechangesthathavetakenplaceintheEU’s
neighbourhoodinthelastdecade.Whatisthebalancesheetofthesuccesses
(intendedaswellasaccidental)andfailuresoftheEU’seasternpolicy?
DoestheoldEasternPartnershipcostumefitthenewtimes?And,finally,
arewecapableofdevelopinganofferforUkraine,Moldova,Belarus,and
SouthCaucasusstatesthatwillsupporttheirmodernisationandplacethem
morefirmlywithintheEuropeanintegrationmechanisms?Regrettably,the
answerstothesequestionswillnotbeparticularlyoptimistic.
NguyenThiThuyHang
TheU.S.-ASEANPartnership:AHappyMarriage?..............116
ThispaperseekstoexaminethedynamicsoftheU.S.-ASEANpartnership
andexplorethenetworksofengagementthathaveshapedthisrelationship
intheareasoftrade,developmentassistanceandsecuritycooperation.
Employingarchivalresearchandcontentanalysisasthemainmethodology,
thepaperwillshowthat,bymutuallyconstructingeffectivemechanismsfor
trade,theU.S.andASEANhavestrengthenedtheirtraderelations.Assistance
programmesprovidedbyU.S.agencieshavealsocontributedconsiderably
toASEANdevelopmentthroughassistanceprogrammesprovidedbyU.S.