Dem auf eine Konferenz europäischer und US-amerikanischer Regionalexperten zum gleichen Thema 1995 in Nikosia zurückgehenden Sammelband liegt ein weiter Begriff Südosteuropas zugrunde, der auch Griechenland, Zypern und die Türkei umfaßt. Gegliedert in einen politischen und einen ökonomischen Teil behandeln die siebzehn Beiträge ein breites Themenspektrum von der Sicherheitsarchitektur in der Region über die intraregionale Kooperation bis hin zu Entwicklungen in den einzelnen Ländern. Inhalt: I. Political Challenges: Ronald H. Linden: The Age of Uncertainty. The New Security Environment in Eastern Europe (13-35); Daniel N. Nelson: America and Collective Security in Europe (37-56); Radovan Vukadinović: The Possibilities for Creation of the New Security System in the South of Europe (57-64); Predrag Simić: Dynamics of the Yugoslav Crisis (65-85); Dušan Reljić: Political Disintegration and Possibilities for the Reintegration of Former Yugoslavia (87-94); Theodore A. Couloumbis: Greece in a Post-Cold War Environment (95-103); Nicholas Emiliou: Cyprus: The Long March to Europe (105-125); Agim Nesho: The Reconstruction of Relations between the Albanian State and the Southeastern European Countries (127-135); Vlad-Andrei Moga: Romanian Options for Reconstructing Southeast Europe (137-146). II. Economic Opportunities: Franz-Lothar Altmann: The Economic Dimensions of Conflict, Competition and Cooperation in Transition Europe (149-161); Ognian Hishow: Economic Transformation in Southeastern Europe Slows Down - The Gap to the Visegrad Group Deepens (163-187); Nada Švob-Đokić: Regional Disruptions and Regional Cooperation in the Balkans (189-198); Hansjörg Brey: Conflict Resolution by Economic Cooperation and Integration? The Case of Cyprus (199-206); Michael L. Wyzan: Bulgaria's Trade Relations With its Balkan Neighbors: What They Are and What They Could Be (207-225); Neven Borak: Government versus Markets: Traps of Transformation (227-241); Tamás Novák: Economic Relations between Central and Southeastern Europe: Considering Reorientation towards the European Union (243-266); Franjo Štiblar: Banking as a Basis for Economic Cooperation in Less-Developed Europe (267-283).