The study examined the relations between Italy and Danubian-Balkan area countries, focusing on the access routes to these markets. Specificately, the main objective of the work was to stress the effects that the West-East transport and connection system displays on Italian geopolitical and geo-economic interests, such to value the opportunity of cooperation that could concur to accelerate the process of redressing of directrices and trade flows in the European integration with Eastern Europe.

The study is composed by two parts:

1. Italy and Central-Eastern Europe: European Union enlargement process toward East and Corridor 5 perspectives;
2. Italy and the Balkan area: the development of access routes in a scenario of onward stabilisation.

The study was published in 2001 by Editori Laterza.

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Project design, organization and management.

Data collecting and data base setting.

Project realization, editing.