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INTRODUCTION
The latest enlargements of the European Union have brought new shifts in the continent's political, economic and cultural borders.

Temporarily divided after World War II, the re-unification of Europe is now almost complete.

The prospect of war between European states - outside the Balkans at least - seems further away than ever.

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