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The author speaks from her position as Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs to explore the position of her country & Russia in the modern world. The history of diplomatic relations between the two countries is chronicled, along with the challenges each face as postcommunist, independent states at the start of a new millennium. Particular implications of Romania's membership in the EU for the future of relations between & alliances among Romania, Russia, & EU member states are discussed. K. Hyatt Stewart

Security Communities, a volume edited by Emanuel Adler & Michael Barnett (1998), seeks to expand on Karl Deutsch's seminal work on the subject. Security communities exist where neighboring states have the consistent expectation that conflicts will be resolved peacefully rather than through force of arms. The editors argue that such communities develop through a three-stage process. Precipitating conditions, particularly a strong outside threat, lead to increased regional cooperation & the creation of region-level institutions & organizations. Such community-building efforts result in a sense of common identity & mutual trust. Such a state of affairs has existed in the Nordic countries -- Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, & Sweden -- since at least 1905. However, the editors' three-tiered description of how security communities develop does not appear to fit the Nordic case. There was no common external threat to lend impetus to second-tier community building. Military & economic cooperation was institutionalized only long after peaceful resolution of conflicts became the norm. The Nordic security community may be as much due to linguistic similarities & the conscious cultivation of Viking & other Scandinavian mythologies as to external threats & institution building. 1 Appendix. K. A. Larsen

Mit Blick auf das Schengener Abkommen setzen sich die Autoren mit Fragen der Migration und Migrationspolitik in der Europäischen Union auseinander. (IAB)