Russia-EU relations and the common neighborhood : coercion vs. authority /

Examining Russia-EU relations in terms of the forms and types of power tools they use, this book argues that the main source of tensions lies in deep differences in their preferences for the international status quo. Te nature of the Russian state explains its routine use of coercion, while as a wea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Busygina, Irina (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2018.
Series:	Post-Soviet politics.
Subjects:	Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations. Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > European Union countries. European Union countries > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > Former Soviet republics. Former Soviet republics > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)

Table of Contents:

Introduction: and yet another book
Forms of power in international relations
State-building in Russia and the choice for coercion in external relations
Multi-level arrangements in EU external relations: stimulating authority, constraining coercion
Russia and the EU : from failed authority to mutual coercion
Russia and the EU: no winners in the common neighborhood
Belarus: strangulation in a fraternal embrace
Georgia: the story of one coercion and two authorities
Ukraine: the battlefield
Turkey: not-so-terrible coercion, not-so-needed authority
Conclusion: Russia's coercive attractiveness and the EU's global mission in maintaining authority relations.