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CROATIAN
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
REVIEW

INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIO~AL RELATIONS ZAGREB

Contributors in this issue: Institute for International Relations
CROATIAN
Ivan Simonovic, Ambassador, Permanent Representative in
the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United
Nations; Professor of the Theory of Law, Law School, Univer- INTERNATIONAL
sity of Zagreb.
A1eksander Kwasniewski, President of the Republic of Po- RELATIONS
land.
Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinovic, Baron; Ambassador of the REVIEW
Republic of Croatia for the Benelux-countries; Ambassador of
the Republic of Croatia for Belgium and Luxemburg; Head of January/June 1997 Vol. III, No. 6/7 Kn 70/ $ 14
the Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the European Com-
munity (Brussels). Contents:
Jorgen Mortensen, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eu- Ivan Simonovic
ropean Policy Studies (CEPS), Bruxelles. Editorial 4
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Remigio Ratti, Professor, University of Fribourg, Switzerland;
Poland and the New System of
Director, Institute for Economic Research (IRE), Bellinzona,
Switzerland. European Security 5
Janko Vraniczany-Dobrinovic
Ivana Goranic, jurist. The EU, the SECI and Croatia 8
Draien Vukov Colic, journalist, columnist of the daily Novi Jorgen Mortensen
list, Rijeka; editor-in-chief of the weekly Danas, Zagreb (1988- Economic and Social Cohesion Policy
1991). and Enlargement of the EU 18
Vanja Kalogjera, Director of the Croatian Investment Pro- Remigio Rani
motion Agency. Different Levels of Transborder Cooperation 27
Fran Visnar, journalist, specialist in national defence; colum- Ivana Goranic
nist of the daily Vjesnik, Zagreb. The Importance of State Border
in Western Europe 34
Josip Sentija, journalist.
Drazen Vukov ColiC
Damir Grubisa, Researcher at the IMO; author of numerous . Sqaring the Balkan Circle 36
papers; member of the Scientific Council for Peace and Human Vanja Kalogjera
Rights, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Croatia - an Open Country 39
Tvrtko Jakovina, historian. Chronology
Ana-Maria Boromisa, Research Fellow at the IMO, Zagreb. Croatia 1991
Vladimir Drobnjak, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Rep- October through December 41
resentative in the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia Book Reviews
to the UN. Fran Visnar
Janko Bobetko: All My Battles 61
Editor-in-Chief: Mladen Stanicic
Josip Sentija
Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Ivan Simonovic Janez Drnovsek: My Truth 63
Editorial Board: Mladen Andrlic, Darko Bekic, Svjetlan Berkovic, Anica Damir Grubisa
Djarnic, Damir Grubisa, Zvonko Lerotic, Mario Polic, Vjekoslav Yugoslavia: the Former and Future 66
Tomasic, Ante Zivkovic
Managing Editor: Andrea Ruk Events
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