BA Russian & Eastern European Studies

The face of Europe continues to change as myriad challenges face our globalizing world: economic institutions evolve, participation in international organizations fluctuates, terrorism threatens stability. Against this background, the once closed countries of central and eastern Europe strive to find their place on an integrated continent. As these countries enter the European Union and assess and re-assess their relationship to the wider European community, the cultural, social, and economic fabric of one of the world's most influential areas grows more and more influential. At the same time, new questions continually arise concerning eastern Europe's role in the world, her future and her fate. The states of central and eastern Europe will certainly play a significant part in that future. Indeed, recent political events have heightened our awareness of the necessity for understanding how nations, both large and small, are interconnected in a world made small by digital interaction. As the Russians say, ,