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yearsSerbiahasbeensuccessfullyinvolvedinanormalisationprocesswith
KosovoasapartofitsrapprochementwiththeEU.Serbiahasopeneditself
totheWestbutitstillmaintainsgoodrelationswithRussia,regardlessofthe
Kremlin’sforeignpolicyactivities.Hence,theauthorarguesthatrethinking
relationsandcuttingcertaintieswithRussiashouldbeamongthekey
conditionsforSerbiatojointheEU,nolessimportantthannormalisation
withKosovo.
PawełTokarski,AnnaVisvizi
Poland’sWindingRoadtotheEurozone:
FromaCost-BenefitStancetoRiskAversion....................65
MorethanadecadeafterEUaccession,Poland,aninitialenthusiastof
euroadoption,hasturnedintomerelyanassertiveendorserthereof,with
theprospectofPolishentrytotheeurozonevanishingoveranuncertain
politicalhorizonfortheforeseeablefuture.Althoughlegallyboundtoadopt
theeuro,PolandhasdrawnontheindeterminaciesbuiltintotheMaastricht
convergencecriteriatoeffectivelypostponeeurozoneentry.Whiletheeuro
adoptioninitiallyconstitutedapredominantlylegalchallenge,todayitis
anessentiallyapoliticalissue.Moreover,asaresultoftheeurozonecrisis,
thedebateoneuroadoptionswitchedfromasobercost-benefitanalysisto
apoliticalrisk(andcost)assessment,wheretheattainmentofnominaland
legalconvergencehasbecomeafunctionofthePolishgovernment’sbroader
domesticandEuropeanpoliticalstrategy.Theoutcomeofthepresidential
electioninMay2015,describedbycommentatorsintermsofanepochal
change,furtherblurstheprospectofPoland’seuroareamembership.
LeeTurpin
TheEuropeanisationofBritishSecurityPolicy..................85
ThispaperconsiderstheimpactofBritishmembershipoftheEuropeanUnion
(EU)onthedevelopmentofanEUsecuritypolicythroughtheCommon
SecurityandDefencePolicy(CSDP),andonthesecuritypolicy-makingofthe
Britishstate.ItdoesthisthroughutilisingaframeworkofEuropeanisation,
wherebypolicyisbothuploadedfromthenationalleveltotheEUlevel,and
reciprocallydownloadedfromtheEUleveltothenationallevel.Iarguethat
thishasplayedaroleinshapingBritishapproachestosecuritypolicy,whilst
ensuringthattheCSDPhasbeenclearlypositionedtosupport,ratherthan
supplant,NATOasthepremiersecurityorganisationinEurope.
DawidWalentek
SouthAfricanPoliticsaftertheMangaungConference............91
Theauthordeliversaperspectiveontheeconomicandforeignpolicyoutlook
forSouthAfricawithrespecttotwoeventsthatdeterminedthecourseofSouth
Africanpolitics:theANCconferenceinMangaungandthe2014general
election.ThemotivationforthisresearchistheimportanceoftheANCin
relationtoSouthAfricandomesticpoliticsandtheforeignandeconomic
policy,bearinginmindthattheANChaswonallelectionsinSouthAfrica
sincetheendofApartheid.Thestudyisqualitativeandtheanalysisisrooted
inpoliticalrealism,withtheself-interestofindividualsasthedefinitive
factor.TheauthorfocusedonfactionaltensionswithintheANCandchanges
