The European Union, Russia and the Shared Neighbourhood

ISBN-13: 9780415851114 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 184 str.

Jackie Gower; Graham Timmins

Opis

The conflict in South Ossetia in the summer of 2008 and the Ukrainian energy crisis in early 2009 served to highlight the tensions that continue to influence EU-Russia relations in regard to the region comprising the former republics of the Soviet Union or the 'shared neighbourhood'. This book draws together research which examines the objectives of EU and Russian foreign policy and the complexities of the security challenges in this region. Although both actors have a shared interest in cooperating to create conditions of peace and stability, we have in recent years observed the development of growing competition between the EU and Russian foreign policy agendas. This book was based on a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The European Union, Russia and the Shared Neighbourhood Jackie Gower and Graham Timmins  2. Competing Rationalities: Russia, the EU and the ‘Shared Neighbourhood’ Derek Averre  3. EU Governance and the European Neighbourhood Policy: A Framework for Analysis Stefan Gänzle  4. The Contribution of the Visegrad Group to the European Union’s ‘Eastern’ Policy: Rhetoric or Reality? Martin Dangerfield  5. Lost in Translation? Why the EU has Failed to Influence Russia’s Development Hiski Haukkala  6. ‘Bashing about Rights’? Russia and the ‘New’ EU States on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Rick Fawn  7. Power without Influence? The EU and Trade Disputes with Russia Tuomas Forsberg and Antti Seppo  8. Diversionary Role of the Georgia–Russia Conflict: International Constraints and Domestic Appeal Mikhail Filippov

O autorze

Jackie Gower is a Teaching Fellow at King’s College London, UK.

Graham Timmins is a specialist in German and European politics. His publications include Building a Bigger Europe: EU and NATO Enlargement in Comparative Perspective, co-authored with Martin A. Smith (Ashgate, 2000), Uncertain Europe: Building a New European Security Order, co-edited with Martin A. Smith (2001), and Russia and Europe in the Twenty-First Century: An Uneasy Partnership, co-edited with Jackie Gower (Anthem, 2007). He was awarded the honorary title of Jean Monnet Professor in European Integration Studies by the European Commission in 2002.