Nationalities, Regional Difference, and European Security in the EU borders (American Influences)

1. 研究计划及其内容。本研究旨在探讨欧盟扩大后的边界问题及其解决方案，主要围绕欧盟的四个边境地区：加里宁格勒、东乌克兰、西巴尔干、黑海地区和中亚；如欧盟的周边政策，即对邻国的合作与安全政策。作者在2005-2007年的计划是以下三点。(1)扩大后欧盟边界的实地考察；(2)欧盟与美国安全政策的比较考察；(3)欧盟的“大欧洲”（邻）政策，作为边界间经济文化合作关系；与俄罗斯和独联体国家的伙伴合作，与近东和北非的巴塞罗那进程，以及黑海区域合作。研究的意义本研究的意义在于：1)首先，她展示了扩大后的欧盟东南部边界的信息，这在日本是鲜为人知的；2)其次，这些边境地区与阿富汗和伊拉克战争与冲突、人员流动、对俄关系、近东政策密切相关，即与国际关系的重大问题和决策密切相关。这些观点明确了欧盟与美国在国际秩序与规范思想上的差异。关于研究成果，作者发表了以下文章、专著，并在国际国内会议及其他研究会议上做过报告；与意大利帕多瓦大学COE研究、京都大学COE研究合作：各COE研究出版英文专著两本。并在随后的国际会议上作了发言；ISA， ICCEES， WISC，台湾淡江大学，日本外务省。

1. The Research Plan and its Contents.This research is to investigate the Border Questions and it's solutions of the Enlarged EU, concentrating the EU four border areas : 1) Kaliningrad, 2) Eastern Ukraine, 3) Western Balkan, 4) Black Sea Region and Central Asia ; as the Neighborhood Policy of the EU, that is, the Collaboration and Security Policy toward Neighbors.The author's plan during 2005-2007 was the following three points.1) The Field Research to the Borders of the Enlarged EU2) Comparative investigation of the Security Policy between the EU and the U.S.A.3) "Wider Europe"(Neighborhood) Policy of the EU, as the Economic and Cultural Cooperative Relations among borders ; Partnership Cooperation with Russia and CIS countries, Barcelona Process with Near East and North Africa, and Black Sea Regional Cooperation.2. The Significance of ResearchThe significances of the Research are : 1) first of all, she showed the information of the Eastern and Sothern borders of the Enlarged EU which was hardly known in Japan, 2) secondly these border regions are strongly connected the Afghan and Iraqi War and Conflict, people's movement, Relation with Russia, Near-East Policy, that is, deeply relevant to the significant questions and decision making of the International Relations. 3) thirdly, these points made clear the difference of the thought of the International Order and Norms between the EU and the USA.3. The Result of the ResearchOn the results of research, the author published the following articles, books, and had presentations in the International and domestic Conferences and other research meetings ; collaborating with the COE research of Padua University in Italy, and the COE research of Kyoto University : each COE research published two English books. And the author made presentations in the following the International Conferences ; ISA, ICCEES, WISC, Tamkang University in Taiwan, and the Foreign Ministry of Japan.