''Building an 'area of freedom, security and justice' is one of the European Union's more recent goals. Enlarging to include ten new member states is its most recent achievement. However, there has been relatively little analysis of the challenges faced in pursuing the two aims at the same time. The administrations and police forces of post-communist states have had to be radically transformed in order to deal with.'' Perceptions of internal security in the candidate states / Karen Henderson -- Organized crime in the EU states of east Central Europe / Miroslav Nozina -- Extending the area of freedom, security and justice / Iwona Piorko and Monika Sie Dhian Ho -- The implications of Schengen visa policy for the visegrad states / Alexander Duleba -- Justice and home affairs and the EU's new neighbours / Sandra Lavenex -- A new 'area of freedom, security and justice' for the enlarged EU? / Jorg Monar -- EU institutional reform and new member states in the area of freedom, security and justice / Vladimir Bilcik -- The politics of freedom, security and justice in the englarging EU / Heather Grabbe.