Public Opinion and the Making of Foreign Policy in the 'New Europe'

'The decision to award the 2012 European Championship finals jointly to Poland and Ukraine was symbolic of the fact there are many versions of Europe beside the EU. Nathaniel Copsey provides an invaluable guide to the key relationship between two states at the fault-line between the EU's Eastern Partnership and Russia's own increasingly assertive neighbourhood policy, skilfully guiding the reader through elite politics, public opinion and historical controversies to produce a must-read text for all students of the post-enlargement EU and politics and international relations in Eastern Europe.' Andrew Wilson, European Council on Foreign Relations 'Copsey draws on the outstanding analysis of historians such as Timothy Snyder, Roman Szporluk, and Norman Davies, and he also refers to recent political analysis, notably that of Roman and Kataryna Wolczuk, Taras Kuzio, and Andrew Wilson. The author goes beyond these published works in English, however, and uses both original documents and secondary works available only in Polish and Ukrainian. One of the book's strengths lies in its focus on public opinion - and especially the use of local focus groups - in both countries. ... The detailed analysis of four recent contentious case studies in Polish-Ukrainian relations certainly makes for interesting reading... the book contains useful data and many insightful observations...' Slavic Review