countries (i.e. Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic) and two CIS countries (i.e., Russia and Ukraine) during the period …

, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, and Ukraine, i.e. the next countries in the queue for entry or likely to lobby for entry into the EU …

end of bilateral relations. At the other extreme, Ukraine depends on EU cooperation, especially with respect to trade. We … balance out asymmetries, and on other than trade issues, such as security, in order to be more effective. -- Ukraine …