Editor's introduction Christopher S. BROWNING: From "east-west" to "new-Europe-old Europe": the American challenge to Finnish identity Dovile BUDRYTE: Lithuania's new (in)security: transatlantic tensions and the dilemma of dual loyalty Pertti JOENNIEMI: The challenges of "new" and "old": the case of Europe's north Marko LEHTI: Estonia and Latvia: A "new" Europe challenges the "old"? Sergei JAKOBSON-OBOLENSKI: Overlapping ideological boundaries and transformations in the EU periphery: the Baltic States and Kaliningrad Leonidas DONSKIS: The promise of certainty, safety and security in an uncertain, unsafe and insecure world: the emergence of Lithuanian populism Charles WOOLFSON: Labour rights, social conflict and cohesion in accession Lithuania: implications for EU enlargement Dirk CROLS: Old and new minorities on the international checkboard: from League to Union David J. SMITH: Non-territorial cultural autonomy as a Baltic contribution to Europe between the wars Martyn HOUSDEN: Cultural autonomy in Estonia: one of history's "curiosities"? Helen M. MORRIS: The non-citizens of the EU Viatcheslav MOROZOV: The Baltic States and Russia in the new Europe: a neo-Gramscian perspective on the global and the local Paul HOLTOM: The gatekeeper "hinge" concept and the promotion of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian new/postmodern security agendas Eero MIKENBERG: Estonian-Russian cross-border cooperation: the warning example of Tartu-Pskov