Vol. XXXI     2006     Nos. 3-4

Foreword

Foreign Policy Institute Workshop; European Union: Challenges and Prospects; Ankara, 30 June 2006

Executive Summary of the Workshop................................................ 1
Inaugural Words.................................................................................. 2

Panel I - Global Role of the European Union......................................... 5
Common Foreign and Security Policy
Turkey and European Security.......................................................... 12
Europe’s Neighborhood Policy and the Middle East....................... 19
Turkey and the Middle East.............................................................. 24
Deepening, Limits of Europe............................................................. 27

Panel II - The Enlargement Debate..................................................... 36
Enlargement Debate in Europe......................................................... 37
Enlargement Debate and the Balkans............................................... 54
Westernization, Secularism and Democracy in Turkey................... 61

Panel III – Roundtable: A Glance to the Future................................... 81

Foreign Policy Institute Workshop; European Union: Challenges and Prospects; Ankara, 3 November 2006

Executive Summary of the Workshop.............................................. 93

Panel I - Global Role of the European Union....................................... 94
Development of CFSP/ESDP............................................................ 97
Challenges and Prospects: Security in a Inter-connected World – Towards a Global NATO   101
Problem Areas:
Middle East............................................................................. 105
Black Sea................................................................................. 111

Panel II - Enlargement ................................................................... 116
South East Europe: The Balkans...................................................... 120
Economic Aspects of Enlargement.................................................. 125

Luncheon Speech............................................................................. 133

Panel III – Current Problems and Challenges (Internal and International Context): Democratization, Energy, Global Climate Change, Transatlantic Relations......................... 138
Westernization, Secularism and Democracy in Turkey
Global Climate Change.................................................................... 142
Transatlantic Relations.................................................................... 145
Energy............................................................................................... 146

Closing Remarks for the Workshop................................................ 150