Table of Contents

1. Introduction

[Iver B. Neumann]

2. Belarus’ Entry into International Society: Between a Small Nation-State and Big Narratives

[Aliaksei Kazharski]

3. Bulgaria’s (Re)Entry into International Society

[Dimitar Bechev]

4. Greece’s Entry into International Society

[Yannis A. Stivachtis]

5. Through the East to the West: Poland’s (re)entry into international society and the sway of memories of the Polish Golden Age

[Dominika Woźniak]

6. From Dacia to Modern Europe: imagined temporal bridges and the politics of identity construction

[Alexandra Gheciu]

7. Memories of Empire and Serbia’s Entry into International Society

[Filip Ejdus]

8. Slovakia’s Layered Entry into International Society and the Possibilities of its Exit

[Jozef Bátora]

9. Conclusion

[Filip Ejdus]

About the Author

Filip Ejdus is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS), University of Bristol, UK, and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia.